RajaTedhi Singh of Mankot smoking a hookah

Object Details

• Artist

  Attributed to the Master of the Court of Mankot (active early 18th century)

• School/Tradition

  Mankot school

• Label

  Across Pahari courts, this composition for seated portraits of hooka-smoking rulers was common. The lower third of the painting is entirely covered with a vertically striped dhurrie. The ruler sits on a smaller carpet that extends to lower edge of painting. The background is an intense peori yellow, while the textiles are patterned.

• Provenance

  To 2003

  Terence McInerney Fine Arts Ltd., New York, New York [1]

  From 2003 to 2018

  Catherine Glynn Benkaim, Beverly Hills, California, purchased from Terence McInerney in New York City in March 2003

  From 2018

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, partial gift and purchase from Catherine Glynn Benkaim [2]

  Notes:

  [1] According to information from Catherine Glynn Benkaim.

  [2] See Acquisition Consideration Form, object file, Collections Management Office.

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Terence McInerney Fine Arts, Ltd. (active 1990-2013)

  Catherine Glynn Benkaim

• Origin

  Mankot, Uttarakhand state, India

• 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

• Type

  Painting

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1700s, 1730s

• Name

  Benkaim, Catherine Glynn, McInerney, Terence

• Place

  Mankot, Uttarakhand state, India

• Topic

  South Asian and Himalayan Art, Art, Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection, Hookah, Portraits, Courtier, Smoking

• Culture

  Himalayan peoples, South Asians

• Object Type

  Paintings