Author
Unknown
Publication Place
Iran (made) -
Subject
Ceramics Islam
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Height: 15.2cm, Diameter: 15.9cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
1318-1876
Record ID
1318-1876
Library Location
Middle East Section
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, sprig-moulded and green glazed Fritware Glazed Applied Work
Fiziksel açıklama
Kalian or base to a water pipe or hookah, coarse fritware, of globular form tapering at the top, pierced at the neck with a second smaller hole high on the shoulder, the neck framed with a band of applied six-petal rosettes (the mouth missing and reduced in height), covered in an opaque pale green slip.
Üslup
Safavid
