Raja Bikram Singh of Guler (reigned 1661–85) smoking a hookah

The image features a painting of Raja Bikram Singh of Guler smoking a hookah. The Raja sits on a low seat covered with a purple cloth, and wears a white and gold robe, a white turban, and green and red socks. He holds a pipe in his right hand and has a long tube in his mouth that leads to the hookah on the left. The hookah has a black bowl on a yellow and green base. A man stands to his right, wearing a yellow robe, a white turban, and white pants, holding a fan above the Raja's head. The background is green, and the painting has an orange border with writing in a foreign language at the top. The Raja sits on an orange patterned rug, and there is a sword on the rug beside him. The painting depicts a scene of an Indian ruler in a moment of leisure.

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Dimensions: 900 × 681 px
Museum Record: View original

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Raja Bikram Singh of Guler (reigned 1661–85) smoking a hookah

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