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Hookah water pipe, probably East India, Orissa, Cuttack, 19t…
See original version (French)
252
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Hookah water pipe, probably East India, Orissa, Cuttack, 19t…
See original version (French)
Estimate €4,000 - €6,000
Voluntary lot
Description
Hookah water pipe, probably East India, Orissa, Cuttack, 19th century
Imposing water pipe consisting of a globular base in enamelled and gilded glass wrapped in a filigree silver sheath and surmounted by a long shaft in filigree silver alternating sections of various shapes: globular, bulbous, rosette-shaped and ending in a floral corolla. The pipe, added later, is sheathed in a mesh of seed pearls inscribed with the date 1941 and the name of an owner, "Al-Hajj Yusuf [...]", and flanked by a wooden mouthpiece and an amber or imitation mouthpiece. Hookah set on a silver filigree multi-lobed circular tray.
Height: 76 cm; tray: 22.5 cm; weight: 3490 g
Small deformations, small missing parts and accidents, break on the wooden mouthpiece, small repairs.
See original version (French)
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About the sale
Archaeology & Arts of Islam and India
Auction location
Auction time
06/26/2026 at 1:30 PM
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