Photo of collection object Princess smoking a hookah — Princess smoking a hookah, c. 1760. gum tempera, gold, and beetle-wing carapaces on paper, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2018.106. cc0.

Princess smoking a hookah

c. 1760

Maker Unknown

Indian and Southeast Asian Art

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Maker/Artist: Maker Unknown
Classification: Painting
Formatted Medium: gum tempera, gold, and beetle-wing carapaces on paper
Medium: Gum tempera, Gold, beetle-wing carapaces on paper
Locations: : Northern India, : Himachal Pradesh, : Pahari Kingdom of Guler
Period: Pahari Kingdom of Guler
Departments: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Accession Number: 2018.106
Credit Line: Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
Rights Statement: cc0
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