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Base for a Water Pipe (huqqa) with Floral Medallions

late 17th–early 18th century
Not on view
The shape and function indicates that this piece was made for export, probably to India. It remains unclear when the huqqa, used for cooling tobacco or some other substance with water prior to smoking, developed, though historical references indicate that it was used in both India and the Middle East by the sixteenth century.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Base for a Water Pipe (huqqa) with Floral Medallions
  • Period: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Kangxi period (1662–1722)
  • Date: late 17th–early 18th century
  • Culture: China
  • Medium: Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze, and with brown glaze (Jingdezhen ware)
  • Dimensions: H. 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm); Diam. 5 7/16 in. (13.8 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics
  • Credit Line: Purchase by subscription, 1879
  • Object Number: 79.2.359a–c
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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