Huqqa Base with Landscape

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CultureIndian

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Huqqa Base with Landscape

Datemid-17th century

MediumZinc alloy; cast, engraved, and inlaid with silver and brass (bidri ware)

DimensionsOverall: 7 7/8 × 7 11/16 in. (20 × 19.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Art of the Islamic Worlds Galas

Object number2019.700

Current Location

The Caroline Wiess Law Building

113 Islamic Art Gallery

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Department

Art of the Islamic Worlds

Object Type

METALWORK

DescriptionIt is extremely rare to find architecture depicted on Indian metalwork, and this is the finest architectural landscape example among known bidri ware pieces.
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition HistorySultans of Deccan India, 1500–1700: Opulence and Fantasy, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2015.
Published References Zebrowski, Mark. Gold, Silver, and Bronze from Mughal India. London: Alexandria Press, 1997, p. 228 and pl. 509. Michell, George and Mark Zebrowski, The New Cambridge History of India—Architecture and Art of the Deccan Sultantates. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999, pp. 240–41. Haidar, Navina Najat and Marika Sardar. Sultans of Deccan India, 1500–1700: Opulence and Fantasy. New Haven, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2015, cat. 87, pp. 186–88.

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