Hookah Base
Hookah Base
Place of OriginIndia area
DateMughal period, second half of the 18th century
DimensionsH: 6 1/4 in. (16 cm); Max Diam: 6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm)
MediumPale yellowish glass; free-blown, tooled on the pontil, wheel-cut and gilded.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
2005.47
On View
Toledo Museum of Art (2445 Monroe Street), Gallery, 28A
Collections
Published ReferencesCarboni, Stefano and David Whitehouse, Glass of the Sultans, New York, 2001.
- Glass
Page, Jutta-Annette, The Art of Glass: Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, Toledo Museum of Art, 2006, p. 71-72, repr. (col.) fig. 27C, p. 73.
Comparative ReferencesSee also Stefano Carboni, Glass from Islamic Lands, 2001, pp. 380 and 382, cat. no. 104b.
Mughal period, late 18th century
Mamluk period, (1250-1517)
about 1720-1725
Probably 1920s
4th-5th century CE (?)
12th century
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