Hookah Base
Hookah Base
Place of OriginIndia
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
DescriptionHookah base of globular form with a constricted neck and thick, flaring rim. The wall is decorated overall with a wheel-engraved and gilded pattern of floral arabesques and birds. A double pontil mark is located under the center of the base.
Published ReferencesCarboni, Stefano and David Whitehouse, Glass of the Sultans, New York, 2001.
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
12th century
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