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Kalian

Title	Kalian
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1640
Publication Place	Kirman (made) -
Subject	Ceramics
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Height: 29cm, Diameter: 17cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	422-1878
Record ID	422-1878
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1640
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. 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

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Kalian

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1640

Publication Place Kirman (made) -

Subject Ceramics

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Height: 29cm, Diameter: 17cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 422-1878

Record ID 422-1878

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1640

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. 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