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Huqqa Base

ca. 1850 (made)

Huqqa base, Lucknow; c.1850

Object details

Categories
Metalwork
Smoking Accessories
Object type
Huqqa base
Materials and techniques
Inlaid with silver
Brief description
Domestic, bidri, Bidar, c1850
Physical description
Huqqa base, Lucknow; c.1850
Dimensions
  • Height: 21.3cm
  • Diameter: 9.8cm
Object history
Bought from the 1851 exhibition for £1 as 'Indian, modern'
Bibliographic references
  • Bidri ware : inlaid metalwork from India / Susan Stronge. [London]: Victoria & Albert Museum Commissions, 1985 Number: 090520963X : pp.88
  • Catalogue of the objects of Indian art exhibited in the South Kensington Museum / by H.H. Cole. London: Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode and sold by Chapman & Hall, 1874 p. 138
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
142-1852

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
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