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Base for a Water Pipe (huqqa)circa 1820-1830

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Engraved metal vessel with egg-shaped body, two short spouts at the shoulder, dense figural and foliate decoration in horizontal registers, and a ribbed lower section ending in a bulb-shaped finial

Unknown, Base for a Water Pipe (huqqa), circa 1820-1830, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Indian Art Special Purpose Fund, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Base for a Water Pipe (huqqa)
Place Made
India, Deccan (?) or Iran
Date Made
circa 1820-1830
Medium
Copper alloy
Dimensions
Height: 8 1/8 in. (20.64 cm); Diameter: 4 3/4 in. (12.07 cm)
Credit Line
Indian Art Special Purpose Fund
Accession Number
M.85.216
Classification
Tools and Equipment
Collecting Area
South and Southeast Asian Art