Not on display

Huqqa Base

ca. 1851 (made)

Huqqa base, Bidar, c.1850.

Object details

Category
Smoking Accessories
Object type
Huqqa base
Materials and techniques
Inlaid with brass
Brief description
Domestic, bidri, Bidar, c1851
Physical description
Huqqa base, Bidar, c.1850.
Dimensions
  • Height: 18.5cm
  • Diameter: 20.1cm
Object history
Acquisition bought by South Kensington Museum from the 1851 exhibition for £2.10s as 'Indian modern'.
Bibliographic references
  • Bidri ware : inlaid metalwork from India / Susan Stronge. [London]: Victoria & Albert Museum Commissions, 1985 Number: 090520963X : 61
  • 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
138-1852

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
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