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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Huqqa Stand

ca.1870-1882 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Glazed earthenware huqqa (water-pipe) on a four-footed stand. The elaborate decoration is in the style of Sindh ware, and is composed of floral and conventional ornament with mouldings in relief. The stand has four feet, each bearing a representation of a tiger. The whole is in cobalt and turquoise blue on a white ground.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Glazed earthenware
Brief description
Glazed earthenware huqqa stand, Bombay School of Art, c.1870-1882
Physical description
Glazed earthenware huqqa (water-pipe) on a four-footed stand. The elaborate decoration is in the style of Sindh ware, and is composed of floral and conventional ornament with mouldings in relief. The stand has four feet, each bearing a representation of a tiger. The whole is in cobalt and turquoise blue on a white ground.
Dimensions
  • Combined height of huqqa and stand height: 38cm
  • At widest point of huqqa and stand together width: 22cm
Credit line
Presented by G.W. Terry, Esq
Object history
Bought by Caspar Purdon Clarke for the South Kensington Museum on a purchasing trip, 1881-2
Production
Made in the Bombay School of Art
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
IS.3012A-1883

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Record createdJuly 29, 2003
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