water pipe base; hookah

Bidriware huqqa base in the shape of a bottle with a fluted neck with a ring moulding in the upper part and set on a circular ring stand. Made of patinated zinc alloy inlaid with an allover pattern of silver poppy flowers within cartouches in the shape of upturned petals or acanthus leaves, with cuspid arches below. Bands of chevron design between horizontal bands of decoration on the neck. A band of lotus petals around the stand. Individual flower stems within cartouches with cuspid arch at each end around the top fo the neck. Made in tehnishan and tarkashi technique.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
0.146
Date
19th century
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 235 mm x 120 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
zinc; silver
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
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