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Raja Sansar Chand smoking a huqqa (ruled 1775–1823)
Raja Sansar Chand smoking a huqqa (ruled 1775–1823)

Raja Sansar Chand smoking a huqqa (ruled 1775–1823)

Purkhu
about 1850
Object PlaceKangra, Punjab Hills, Northern India
Medium/TechniqueOpaque watercolor and graphite on paper, unfinished
DimensionsOverall: 17.1 x 16.1 cm (6 3/4 x 6 5/16 in.)
Credit LineRoss-Coomaraswamy Collection
Accession number17.2739
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
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)