Hookah Bowl
1700s
Maker Unknown
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Hookah Bowl, 1700s. India, Mughal. Glass; overall: 17 cm (6 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection 1969.287 Around the top of this hookah bowl are incised the opening two lines from the Khamsa (Quintet) of the celebrated Persian poet Nizami (1141–1209).
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Glass
- Formatted Medium
- glass
- Medium
- glass
- Dimensions
- Overall: 17 cm (6 11/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Inscription in Farsi, on body: Even if live charcoal is placed on its head/ The hookah, a teacher of etiquette,/ will not respond unless drawn upon;/ Thus one can learn from its manners of refinement. Inscription: Inscription in Farsi, on shoulder: In the name of Allah the clement and merciful is the key to the wise treasure.
- Departments
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Accession Number
- 1969.287
- Credit Line
- The Norweb Collection
- Exhibitions
- Glass of the Sultans, Art and Stories from Mughal India, Art of the Islamic World (Islamic art rotation)
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 116 Islamic
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