Author
Unknown
Publication Date
1650
Publication Place
Iran (made) -
Subject
Ceramics Smoking Accessories
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
425-1878
Record ID
425-1878
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 with underglaze cobalt blue and chromium black decoration, against white ground Fritware
Fiziksel açıklama
Kalian, or hookah base, decorated with horizontal bands alternating blue Chinese-style scrolling patterns and grey-black carnation spray scrolls.
Üretim
"Kirman Polychrome"
Üslup
Safavid
