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Kalian

Title	Kalian
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1650
Publication Place	Iran (made) Kerman (city) -
Subject	Flowers Foliation (Pattern)
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Height: 31.1cm, Diameter: 21cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	421-1878
Record ID	421-1878
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1650
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.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Fritware, painted in red slip and underglaze blue Fritware Glazed Painted
Fiziksel açıklama	Kalian, or hookah base, decorated with interlocking pattern of red slip-painted interlace contrasting with blue leaves in Chinese style, and below this lie horizontal bands of red slip and blue. Imitation Chinese tassel mark in blue.
Üretim	"Kirman Polychrome"
Üslup	Safavid

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Kalian

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1650

Publication Place Iran (made) Kerman (city) -

Subject Flowers Foliation (Pattern)

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Height: 31.1cm, Diameter: 21cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 421-1878

Record ID 421-1878

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1650

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.

Malzemeler ve teknikler Fritware, painted in red slip and underglaze blue Fritware Glazed Painted

Fiziksel açıklama Kalian, or hookah base, decorated with interlocking pattern of red slip-painted interlace contrasting with blue leaves in Chinese style, and below this lie horizontal bands of red slip and blue. Imitation Chinese tassel mark in blue.

Üretim "Kirman Polychrome"

Üslup Safavid