Hookah Base

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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

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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.

Desjardins, Tara, Mughal Glass: A History of Glassmaking in India Lustre Press, Roli Books, 2025, p. 240 repr. (col.).

Comparative ReferencesSee also Stefano Carboni, Glass from Islamic Lands, 2001, pp. 380 and 382, cat. no. 104b.