Author
Indian
Publication Date
ca. 1163 AH/AD 1750 (Mughal)
Publication Place
India, Lucknow (Place of Origin) -
Subject
India, Nepal, and Tibet, Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic World, Islamic Manuscripts
Type
Document
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
H: 13 1/8 x W: 9 7/8 in. (33.34 x 25.08 cm); Framed H: 26 1/4 × W: 21 3/4 × D: 1 1/2 in. (66.68 × 55.25 × 3.81 cm)
Library
The Walters Art Museum
Record ID
W.904
Library Location
Not on view
Date
ca. 1163 AH/AD 1750 (Mughal)
Notes
This painting celebrates the pleasures of smoking and partaking in good company. The composition is made up of animated vignettes. Look, for example, in the right corner, where a man in orange sits with betel quids—a mild stimulant—arrayed in front of him, watching two men embroiled in a dispute, one with a dagger drawn. A second pair, at the far end and close to the pavilion, seems also to be enraged enough to draw blood. The rest look on in anticipation, smoking and conversing.
Bağış/Edinim
Gift of John and Berthe Ford, 2002
