Main Title: A silver and brass-inlaid Bidriware huqqa base
Image Title: General view-- from private collection 21734285

Holding institution:
Fine Arts Library, Harvard University
Data provider:
Harvard University Library
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Title:
Main Title: A silver and brass-inlaid Bidriware huqqa base
Image Title: General view-- from private collection 21734285
Alternative title:
Bidri ware huqqa base
Huqqa base in the form of a mango
Date:
1600
1700
1600-1700
Description:
Culture: Indian, Islamic, DeccaniMaterials/Techniques: brass, silver, inlay (process), inlay (process)
Type:
still image
decorative arts
utilitarian objects
pipes (smoking equipment)
Type (Narrower):
Other Objects
Type (Broader):
Object
Subject:
pipes (smoking equipment)
water pipes (smoking)
hookahs
mango
vine scrolls
Geographic region:
Place of Production: Deccan, India
Provenance:
Stuart Cary Welch, North American art historian, 1928-2008 ()
Extent:
height 9.7 centimeters
Rights:
(CC BY-NC-SA) Attribution: Harvard Fine Arts Library, Special Collections SCW2016.07911
Identifier:
8001394265_URN-3:FHCL:34189575
Is part of:
Stuart Cary Welch Islamic and South Asian Photographic Collection
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