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Kalian

Title	Kalian
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1650
Publication Place	Iran (made) -
Subject	Ceramics
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Height: 16.5cm, Diameter: 8.9cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	941-1876
Record ID	941-1876
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1650
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, underglaze and lustre decoration Fritware Cobalt Oxide Lustre-Painted
Fiziksel açıklama	Hookah base of fritware, double pear-shape, painted with lustre decoration on a blue ground.
Üslup	Safavid

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Kalian

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1650

Publication Place Iran (made) -

Subject Ceramics

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Height: 16.5cm, Diameter: 8.9cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 941-1876

Record ID 941-1876

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1650

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, underglaze and lustre decoration Fritware Cobalt Oxide Lustre-Painted

Fiziksel açıklama Hookah base of fritware, double pear-shape, painted with lustre decoration on a blue ground.

Üslup Safavid