Kalian
1640-80 (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 hookah, huqqa, qalian, qalyan, qaliyan, narghile, shisha, and hubble-bubble.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Fritware with underglaze painting |
| Brief description | Kalian (water-pipe base), fritware painted in underglaze blue and black; Iran, 1640-80 |
| Physical description | Flask of fritware, with flattened body and three moulded openings, one at the centre of the domed top, two on the shoulder. Painted in blue with black outline under a clear glaze. Surrounding the top is a panel of diaperwork with fret border. More diaperwork of swastikas and cash pattern decorate the lateral sides. Two islands on two levels with birds, trees and pagados decorate the large panels on the broad sides. The base is flat and unglazed. |
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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 hookah, huqqa, qalian, qalyan, qaliyan, narghile, shisha, and hubble-bubble. |
| Bibliographic reference | Crowe, Yolande, Persia and China: Safavid Blue and White Ceramics in the Victoria & Albert Museum (1501-1738) (London : Thames and Hudson, 2002): cat. no. 503, p.275. |
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| Accession number | 1129-1883 |
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| Record created | April 2, 2009 |
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