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 in order to cool it using 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.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Fritware, painted in green and red slip and underglaze blue |
| Brief description | Kalian (water-pipe base), fritware, of spherical form, underglaze painted in blue with red and green slip, covered in a clear glaze; Iran, 1650-1700. |
| Physical description | Spherical hookah-base, decorated with green panels of interlace and carnation sprays, outlined in red, against blue ground, with pendant blue flowers and leaves |
| Style | |
| Production | "Kirman Polychrome" |
| 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 in order to cool it using 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. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 2511-1876 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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