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Vase

Title	Vase
Author	Unknown
Publication Place	Iran (made) -
Subject	Ceramics Islam
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Height: 17.8cm, Diameter: 9.5cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	1369-1876
Record ID	1369-1876
Library Location	Middle East Section
Notes	A kalian is an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water. They are also known as a hookah, huqqa, qalian, qalyan, qaliyan, narghile, shisha, and a hubble-bubble.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Fritware, moulded, green-glazed Fritware Glazed Moulded
Fiziksel açıklama	Jar or vase, coarse fritware, of double gourd form possibly after a metal ware prototype (and perhaps the base of a hookah), covered in an opaque celadon green glaze.
Üslup	Safavid

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Vase

Author Unknown

Publication Place Iran (made) -

Subject Ceramics Islam

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Height: 17.8cm, Diameter: 9.5cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 1369-1876

Record ID 1369-1876

Library Location Middle East Section

Notes A kalian is an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water. They are also known as a hookah, huqqa, qalian, qalyan, qaliyan, narghile, shisha, and a hubble-bubble.

Malzemeler ve teknikler Fritware, moulded, green-glazed Fritware Glazed Moulded

Fiziksel açıklama Jar or vase, coarse fritware, of double gourd form possibly after a metal ware prototype (and perhaps the base of a hookah), covered in an opaque celadon green glaze.

Üslup Safavid