Kalian
17th century (made)
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A kalian is an oriental 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.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Fritware, sprig-moulded and green glazed |
| Brief description | Kalian (water-pipe base), fritware, green glazed, the neck with white rosettes in white slip; Iran, 17th century. |
| Physical description | Kalian or base to a water pipe or hookah, coarse fritware, of globular form tapering at the top, pierced at the neck with a second smaller hole high on the shoulder, the neck framed with a band of applied six-petal rosettes (the mouth missing and reduced in height), covered in an opaque pale green slip. |
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| Summary | A kalian is an oriental 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. |
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| Accession number | 1318-1876 |
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| Record created | February 16, 2009 |
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