Author
Unknown
Publication Date
1650
Publication Place
Kerman (city) (made) Iran (made) -
Subject
Ceramics
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
2511-1876
Record ID
2511-1876
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1650
Notes
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 in order to cool it using 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.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Fritware, painted in green and red slip and underglaze blue Fritware
Fiziksel açıklama
Spherical hookah-base, decorated with green panels of interlace and carnation sprays, outlined in red, against blue ground, with pendant blue flowers and leaves
Üretim
"Kirman Polychrome"
Üslup
Safavid
