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Raja Bikram Singh of Guler smoking a hookah
- Date
- c. 1678–90
- Medium
- gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
- Culture
- Northern India, Pahari kingdoms, Himachal Pradesh
- Department
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
The portrait of Raja Bikram Singh is the earliest depiction of a Guler chief and was produced in Chamba, possibly under the patronage of Raja Chattar Singh (r. 1664–90). The painting bears several features of early portraiture in Chamba—a straight Hookah pipe, striped trousers, large bolsters, and the sitting posture of the raja. Raja Bikram Singh was famed for his physical strength and could break a coconut into pieces with his fingers
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