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Princess smoking a hookah

Cleveland Museum of Art

Painting of a woman sitting cross-legged on a patterned surface with a hookah. The woman has long, dark hair. She wears a pink and gold dress with white pearls around her neck and ears. A gold headband is on her forehead. The background has a large archway with a yellow top half and a decorative orange and green border across the top. The bottom of the painting has a red and white border. A small table with a hookah on it is to her right. The entire painting is surrounded by a thick black border.

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715 × 900 px
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