Kalian
1650-1700 (made)
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This ceramic vessel is a ‘kalian’ or base for a water-pipe used in the newly introduced practice of smoking tobacco. It held the water through which the smoke was drawn to cool it through a long flexible tube connected to a container through two holes. They are also known as a hookah, huqqa, qalian, qalyan, qaliyan, narghile, shisha, and a hubble-bubble.
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| Materials and techniques | Fritware with underglaze decoration in cobalt blue and light incising |
| Brief description | Kalian (water-pipe base), fritware, incised and underglaze-painted in cobalt blue, Iran (Kirman), 1650-1700 |
| Physical description | Kalian or hookah base, decorated with interlocking pattern of incised white lozenges against panels of blue scrolling leaves, with pendant leaves and lozenges. |
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| Summary | This ceramic vessel is a ‘kalian’ or base for a water-pipe used in the newly introduced practice of smoking tobacco. It held the water through which the smoke was drawn to cool it through a long flexible tube connected to a container through two holes. They are also known as a hookah, huqqa, qalian, qalyan, qaliyan, narghile, shisha, and a hubble-bubble. |
| Bibliographic reference | Crowe, Yolande. Persia and China. Safavid blue and white ceramics in the Victoria and Albert Museum 1501-1738. London: Thames & Hudson, 2002. ISBN 0-9538196-1-2 |
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| Accession number | 424-1878 |
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| Record created | June 18, 2009 |
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