Base for a water pipe

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Base for a water pipe

India (Deccan)LinkedCulture matchlcp-e84f00141d5d

Date
18th century
Medium
Zinc alloy, cast, engraved, inlaid with silver
Department
Asian Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Object ID
2988

Water pipes (hookahs) have been used to smoke tobacco from the 17th century onwards. The hookah user would have smoked from a long tube that extended from the base. An orderly row of Hyderabad poppies adorns the globular body, a popular motif that also appears in textiles and paintings. India, Asia

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The Katherine Kittredge McMillan Memorial Fund

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