Author
Unknown
Publication Date
1650
Publication Place
Iran (made) -
Subject
Scrolling Foliage Flowers
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Height: 21.3cm, Width: 20.2cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
424-1878
Record ID
424-1878
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 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.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Fritware with underglaze decoration in cobalt blue and light incising Fritware Painted Glazed
Fiziksel açıklama
Kalian or hookah base, decorated with interlocking pattern of incised white lozenges against panels of blue scrolling leaves, with pendant leaves and lozenges.
Üslup
Safavid
