Posthumous portrait of Raja Chhatar Singh of Chamba smoking a hookah with his brother and son

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Posthumous portrait of Raja Chhatar Singh of Chamba smoking a hookah with his brother and son

Date
c. 1700
Medium
Gum tempera and ink on paper
Culture
Northern India, Pahari kingdoms
Department
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
136470

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King Chhatar Singh (reigned 1664–90), his thinning facial hair shot through with gray, points to his heart, a gesture common in images of the deceased. With his right hand he grasps the pipe of a hookah, connecting him to his son Udai Singh, who holds the rim of its base. The king’s sword points directly to the boy, further linking them visually. Since hookah smoking connoted elite royal status in Pahari portraiture, this image suggests the passing of power from father to son. The back of this painting is lined with reused ledger paper.

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Credit line
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
Provenance
?–1960: (Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) | 1960–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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