A prince seated holding his hookah tube within a gold jharoka window

Details

• Title

  A prince seated holding his hookah tube within a gold jharoka window

• Associated place

  Asia › India › north India › Uttar Pradesh › Awadh (place of creation)

  Asia › India › north India › Uttar Pradesh › Awadh › Faizabad district › Faizabad (possible) (possible place of creation)

  Asia › India › north India › Uttar Pradesh › Awadh › Lucknow district › Lucknow (possible) (possible place of creation)

• Date

  c. 1770

• Material and technique

  gouache with gold on paper

• Material index

  processed material › paper;

  processed material › metal › gold

• Technique index

  covered › coated › painted

• Object type

  visual representation › painting

• Dimensions

  page 39.7 x 28.1 cm (height x width)
  painting with border 27 x 17 cm (height x width)
  painting without border 9.7 x 6 cm (height x width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Bequeathed by Christopher T. Gandy, 2012.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA2012.34

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