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A NOBLEMAN SMOKING A HUQQA Guler school, Pahari Hills, Northern India, second half 18th century? Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the vertical composition with a nobleman kneeling on an ochre ground with red vegetal tendrils, possibly a summer carpet, resting against a red cushion with gold decoration, smoking a huqqa on a terrace?with a pensive look, a katar?and a spittoon on the floor near him, his simple white outfit embellished by a gold band on the turban and a pink shawl, the composition within white lines and dark blue border,?takri, nagari?and?nasta'liq?inscriptions on reverse mentioning the name of Miyan Kuber Chand Katoch, mounted on a white cardboard frame, 25.7cm x 16.3cm excluding the white cardboard mount.? Provenance: Bonhams London, 5 April 2011, lot 287.Notes: Islamic & Indian Art