Kalian
1640-1680 (made)
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A kalian is a 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, slip-painted, green glazed |
| Brief description | Kalian (water-pipe base), fritware, olive-green slip imitating Chinese celadon ware, painted in white slip, under a clear glaze; Iran, 1640-1680. |
| Physical description | Kalian or base for a waterpipe (hookah), fritware, of pear shape with elongated neck (broken and reduced in height), on the shoulders shallow mammiform spout, covered in a pale green or celadon wash and painted in white slip with flowers issuing from arabesque panels and insects in flight, under a clear glaze. The neck mounted with a chased brass collar. |
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| Summary | A kalian is a 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 | 1088-1883 |
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| Record created | February 18, 2009 |
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