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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Huqqa

c. 1870-1883 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Glazed earthenware huqqa (water-pipe) on a four-footed stand. The elaborate decoration is in the style of Sindh ware, and is composed of floral and conventional ornament with mouldings in relief. The stand has four feet, each bearing a representation of a tiger. The whole is in two shades of blue on a white ground.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Glazed earthenware
Brief description
Huqqa made of glazed earthenware, Bombay School of Art, c.1870-1883
Physical description
Glazed earthenware huqqa (water-pipe) on a four-footed stand. The elaborate decoration is in the style of Sindh ware, and is composed of floral and conventional ornament with mouldings in relief. The stand has four feet, each bearing a representation of a tiger. The whole is in two shades of blue on a white ground.
Dimensions
  • Combined height of huqqa and stand. height: 38cm
  • At widest point of huqqa and stand together diameter: 22cm
Credit line
Presented by G.W. Terry, Esq.
Object history
A 'huqqa' is a smoking device that consists of a small container with smoking leaves mounted on a base (as shown here) filled with water which is provided with a long tube and arranged so that smoke is drawn through the water where it is cooled and up the tube to the mouth.
Production
Bombay School of Art
Collection
Accession number
IS.3012-1883

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Record createdMarch 12, 2003
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