Author
Unknown
Publication Date
1650
Publication Place
Iran (made) -
Subject
Flowers Figures (Representations)
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Height: 16.8cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
439-1874
Record ID
439-1874
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 painted in blue and polychrome slip Fritware Painted
Fiziksel açıklama
Kalian or water-pipe, fritware, of flattened high-shouldered bottle shape, the flared neck of octafoil section, the shoulder with foliate moulded opening for the pipe, on a spreading foot, underglaze painted in blue with stylized foliage, the flat raised side panels painted iwth sprays of red slip flower and green slip foliage.
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