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Raja Sujan Singh of Bikaner smoking a hookah

Dimensions:: H x W (painting): 18.5 × 11.5 cm (7 5/16 × 4 1/2 in); H x W (overall): 31.2 × 21 cm (12 5/16 × 8 1/4 in)

Marks:: Verso: Purple stamp of the personal collection of the Maharaja of Bikaner 1963, [dated notation entered by hand on] 17.8.64; inventory no. 5317; Khet Singh; Khet Singh

Inscriptions:: Verso: in Nagari: samvat 1803 miti bhadva(n) sudi 5 s(h)abi maharaja sujan singhji ri kam uste ahmad s(h)ha muhamad ro; Samvat 1803 bright half of the month of Bhadon, 5th day, likeness of Maharaja Sujan Singh. Work of the Master (Ustad) Ahmad, (son of) Shah Mahmud; Inspection date: Sunday 10th August 1746; Inspection date: Sunday 10th August 1746

Provenance:: From ca. 1715 to 1964; Personal collection of the Maharaja of Bikaner; From ? to 2003; Francesca Galloway, London [1]; From 2003 to 2018; Catherine Glynn Benkaim, Beverly Hills, California, purchased from Francesca Galloway, London in 2003; From 2018; Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, partial gift and purchase from Catherine Glynn Benkaim; Notes:; [1] We were unable to trace the painting between 1964, when it certainly was in Bikaner, and 2003, when it certainly was in London.

Previous custodian or owner:: Maharaja of Bikaner (Bikaner, Rajasthan state, India); Francesca Galloway, Ltd. (established 1992); Catherine Glynn Benkaim

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Credit Line:: Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection — funds provided by the Friends of the National Museum of Asian Art

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