Huqqa base
Huqqa Base
late 18th century (made)
late 18th century (made)
| Place of origin |
This base of a huqqa (water pipe, or "hubble bubble") base is cast from a golden multiple metal alloy, and has traces of its original inlaid black lac (a natural resin) in the lower registers of the decoration. Its provenance is unknown, but it has the same decorative scheme as a group collected by Caspar Purdon Clarke for the museum on a purchasing trip to India in 1881-1882. These were all stated to have been made in Kangra or Nurpur in the Panjab.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Huqqa base |
| Brief description | Huqqa base, panjab, late 18th century |
| Physical description | The huqqa base has a body of compressed spherical form case in a brassy alloy, engraved and originally inlaid with black, now mostly missing. The pattern in low relief on the body is of cypress trees; on the flaring neck with projecting collar there is a row of single flowers with leaves. |
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| Credit line | Henry Wells Esq., 14 High Street Shrewsbury |
| Object history | Henry Wells Esq., 14 High Street Shrewsbury. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Museum records (Asia Department registers and/or Central Inventory) as part of a 2023 provenance research project. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | This base of a huqqa (water pipe, or "hubble bubble") base is cast from a golden multiple metal alloy, and has traces of its original inlaid black lac (a natural resin) in the lower registers of the decoration. Its provenance is unknown, but it has the same decorative scheme as a group collected by Caspar Purdon Clarke for the museum on a purchasing trip to India in 1881-1882. These were all stated to have been made in Kangra or Nurpur in the Panjab. |
| Bibliographic reference | Skelton, Robert, et al, The Indian Heritage. Court life and Arts under Mughal Rule London: The Victoria and Albert Museum, 1982
p. 149, cat. no. 505, Susan Stronge |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IS.100-1898 |
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| Record created | October 21, 2008 |
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