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Indian, India

Opium Smokers, ca. 1660-1670

Description

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

Indian

Title

Opium Smokers

Year

ca. 1660-1670

Medium

ink and light color on paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • ink,
  • color

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

18.7 x 11.8 cm (7 3/8 x 4 5/8 inches)

Place

India; India

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Drawings and Watercolors

Credit

Mary B. Jackson Fund

Object Number

81.209

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Indian Art for the RISD Collection

August 23, 1985 - March 9, 1986

Throughout the reign of the Mughal dynasty in India, holy men were a constant source of interest for the imperial artists. Sometimes a single Hindu sadhu or Muslim fagir was depicted conversing privately with the emperor while in other cases groups of holy men were portrayed in their rustic retreats. Here their spiritual journey is being hastened by a liberal use of opium and bhang (a cannabis-derived drink being strained in the center of the picture).

Islamic Art

October 7, 1982 - April 24, 1983

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