Author
Unknown
Publication Date
1640
Publication Place
Iran (made) -
Subject
Flowers Arabesques
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Height: 24.1cm, Diameter: 20.3cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
1088-1883
Record ID
1088-1883
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1640
Notes
A kalian is a 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, slip-painted, green glazed Fritware Painted Glazed
Fiziksel açıklama
Kalian or base for a waterpipe (hookah), fritware, of pear shape with elongated neck (broken and reduced in height), on the shoulders shallow mammiform spout, covered in a pale green or celadon wash and painted in white slip with flowers issuing from arabesque panels and insects in flight, under a clear glaze. The neck mounted with a chased brass collar.
Üslup
Safavid
