Author
Unknown
Publication Date
1670
Publication Place
Iran (made) -
Subject
Flowers
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Height: 28.9cm, Diameter: 19.7cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
426-1878
Record ID
426-1878
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1670
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 hookah, huqqa, qalian, qalyan, qaliyan, narghile, shisha, and hubble-bubble.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Fritware with underglaze painting in chromium black and cobalt blue Fritware Painted Glazed
Fiziksel açıklama
Kalian (water-pipe base), fritware, decorated with vertical bands of flowering plants, alternating blue and white, with black and grey panels
Üslup
Safavid
