Huqqa Base with Irises

قاعدة شيشة بسوسن

Base for a Water Pipe (Huqqa) with Irises; Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession 1984.221.

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A metal hookah base with iris decoration; late seventeenth century, Mughal India. Held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. 1

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Arabesque· Girih· Hedwig glass· Islamic calligraphy· Islamic geometric patterns· Islamic lustreware· Kubachi ware· Mahmal

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