Raja Bikram Singh of Guler smoking a hookah

Date

c. 1678–90

Medium

gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

Origin

Northern India, Pahari kingdoms, Himachal Pradesh

Collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

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