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Man seated smoking a huqqa, possibly a portrait of Amar Singh
Man seated smoking a huqqa, possibly a portrait of Amar Singh

Man seated smoking a huqqa, possibly a portrait of Amar Singh

Purkhu
about 1825
Object PlacePanjab plains, Northern India
Medium/TechniqueInk and opaque watercolor on paper, perhaps with graphite
DimensionsOverall: 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.)
Credit LineRoss-Coomaraswamy Collection
Accession number17.2719
On View
Not on view
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)