Unknown Indian
Huqqa Base with Floral Design

Huqqa Base with Floral Design

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Huqqa Base with Floral Design
Artist
CultureIndian
Titles
  • Huqqa Base with Floral Design
Datemid-17th century
MediumZinc alloy; cast, engraved, and inlaid with silver and brass (bidri ware)
DimensionsOverall: 6 3/4 × 5 3/4 in. (17.1 × 14.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the 2019 Art of the Islamic Worlds Gala
Object number2019.699
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
113 Islamic Art Gallery
On view

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Department
Art of the Islamic Worlds
Object Type
ProvenanceThis huqqa base was an early acquisition of Mark Zebrowski’s (c. 1970) and was in his Cambridge, Massachusetts, Paris, and London residences until his death. Please see scan of photograph showing Mark Zebrowski in 1978 in London with huqqa to his top right.


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