Vase or water pipe with figure, birds, and trees

Details

• Title

  Vase or water pipe with figure, birds, and trees

• Associated place

  Asia › Iran (place of creation)

• Date

  17th century (1601 - 1700)

• Material and technique

  fritware, with underglaze painting in blue and black

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › glazed composition › stonepaste › fritware

• Technique index

  covered › coated › painted;

  glazed

• Object type

  container › vessel › vase;

  stimulant/narcotic equipment › smoking equipment › smoking-pipe › water-pipe › hookah › qalyán

• Dimensions

  27.5 cm (height)
  with spouts 19 cm max. (diameter)
  without spouts 16 cm (diameter)
  at foot 8.1 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1978.1707

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