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Kalian

Title	Kalian
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1650
Publication Place	Iran (made) -
Subject	Trees Birds Animals
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Height: 19.4cm, Diameter: 15.2cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	458-1874
Record ID	458-1874
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1650
Notes	The designs on Safavid lustreware are Iranian, often inspired by contemporary paintings on the margins of illuminated manuscripts. In addition, these seventeenth century lustre wares revived a technique introduced in the 12th century at Kashan. 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, underglaze and lustre decoration Fritware Painted Glazed
Fiziksel açıklama	Kalian or waterpipe base, fritware, cobalt blue ground, glazed, overglaze painted in ruby-coloured lustre with a continuous frieze of trees, a wolf, birds and animals.
Üslup	Safavid

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Kalian

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1650

Publication Place Iran (made) -

Subject Trees Birds Animals

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Height: 19.4cm, Diameter: 15.2cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 458-1874

Record ID 458-1874

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1650

Notes The designs on Safavid lustreware are Iranian, often inspired by contemporary paintings on the margins of illuminated manuscripts. In addition, these seventeenth century lustre wares revived a technique introduced in the 12th century at Kashan. 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, underglaze and lustre decoration Fritware Painted Glazed

Fiziksel açıklama Kalian or waterpipe base, fritware, cobalt blue ground, glazed, overglaze painted in ruby-coloured lustre with a continuous frieze of trees, a wolf, birds and animals.

Üslup Safavid