Kalian
1670-1720 (made)
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This ceramic vessel is a ‘kalian’ 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.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Fritware with underglaze painting in chromium black and cobalt blue |
| Brief description | Kalian (water-pipe base), fritware, underglaze-painted in black, grey and cobalt blue; Iran, 1670-1720. |
| Physical description | Kalian (water-pipe base), fritware, decorated with vertical bands of flowering plants, alternating blue and white, with black and grey panels |
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| Summary | This ceramic vessel is a ‘kalian’ 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. |
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| Accession number | 426-1878 |
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| Record created | March 27, 2009 |
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