المؤلف
Unknown
تاريخ النشر
1640
مكان النشر
Kirman (made) -
الموضوع
Ceramics
النوع
أخرى
اللغة
غير محدد
رقمي
نعم
مخطوط
لا
الأبعاد الفيزيائية
Height: 29cm, Diameter: 17cm
المكتبة
Victoria and Albert Museum
معرف أصل المكتبة
422-1878
رقم السجل
422-1878
موقع المكتبة
Middle East Section
التاريخ
1640
ملاحظات
This ceramic vessel is a âkalianâ or base for a water-pipe used in the newly introduced practice of smoking tobacco. It held the water through which the smoke was drawn to cool it through a long flexible tube connected to a container through two holes. They are also known as a hookah, huqqa, qalian, qalyan, qaliyan, narghile, shisha, and a hubble-bubble. It was made in Iran during the reign of the Safavid dynasty (1501-1722). At this time potters often used single colour glazes to great effect, frequently decorating them with coloured slips (liquid clay) under the glaze. Alternatively they sometimes carved the slip away to reveal the white body beneath. In other cases, as here, they added designs in white and other slips.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Fritware, underglaze slip-painted
Fiziksel açıklama
Olive green kalian with decoration painted on the surface in a light green slip showing a wide-rimmed vase with flowers and foliage spilling out. The decorated vase also has a pattern and near the base of the kalian there is a panel with more foliage. Rounded base with the neck divided into two parts by a ring; the small nozzle for the pipe has relief blobs and is placed at the beginning of the shoulder.
Üslup
Safavid