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Man seated smoking a huqqa, possibly a portrait of Amar Singh
Follower of: Purkhu
Indian, Pahari
about 1825
Object Place: Panjab plains, Northern India
Medium/Technique
Ink and opaque watercolor on paper, perhaps with graphite
Dimensions
Overall: 14.6 x 11.8 cm (5 3/4 x 4 5/8 in.)
Image: 13.4 x 10.8 cm (5 1/4 x 4 1/4 in.)
Image: 13.4 x 10.8 cm (5 1/4 x 4 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Ross-Coomaraswamy Collection
Accession Number17.2719
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings / Watercolors
InscriptionsObverse: on top, in Persian, one word inscription, ( to be read ). Reverse: in English, Amar Singh and the number 42.
ProvenanceBy 1916, purchased in India by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (b. 1887 - d. 1947); 1917, sold by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy to Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 - d. 1935), Cambridge, MA; 1917, given by Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA. (Accession date: April 5, 1917)