id: 136970
accession number: 1961.44
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Hookah Base, c. 1700. India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756). Gold on blue glass; overall: 19.8 cm (7 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cornelia Blakemore Warner Fund 1961.44
title: Hookah Base
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creation date: c. 1700
creation date earliest: 1650
creation date latest: 1750
current location: 116 Islamic
creditline: Cornelia Blakemore Warner Fund
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culture: India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
technique: gold on blue glass
department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection: Indian Art
type: Glass
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CREATORS
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measurements: Overall: 19.8 cm (7 13/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Year in Review (1961)
opening date: 1961-11-01T04:00:00
Year in Review (1961). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 1-26, 1961).
title: Art of Mughal India
opening date: 1964-01-15T05:00:00
Art of Mughal India. The Asia Society Museum, New York, NY (organizer) (January 15, 1964-March 25, 1963).
title: Glass of the Sultans
opening date: 2001-05-24T00:00:00
Glass of the Sultans. The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY (May 24-September 3, 2001); The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (October 2, 2001-January 13, 2002); Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece (February 20-May 15, 2002).
title: Art and Stories from Mughal India
opening date: 2016-07-31T04:00:00
Art and Stories from Mughal India. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (July 31-October 23, 2016).
title: Paintings of Bikaner – Indian Gallery 242 Rotation
opening date: 2019-11-07T05:00:00
Paintings of Bikaner – Indian Gallery 242 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 7, 2019-April 5, 2020).
title: Art of the Islamic World (Islamic art rotation)
opening date: 2021-05-21T04:00:00
Art of the Islamic World (Islamic art rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (May 21, 2021-May 31, 2022).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
(Khalil Rabenou [1902-1961], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?-1961
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1961-
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fun fact:
The neckpiece was made separately and attached to the blown glass bowl.
digital description:
wall description:
Smoking tobacco was introduced to the Mughal court from Iran in the very early 1600s and soon became popular. This base formed part of a hookah, or water pipe, which consisted of a base that held water—sometimes perfumed with herbs or fresh fruit—a detachable bowl to hold tobacco, and a long tube. Early hookahs used existing vessels for bases, including coconut shells. By the late 1600s or early 1700s, richly decorated pieces like this were produced. The striking gold poppies on a cobalt blue background might indicate that opium was used in the hookah.
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Welch, Stuart Cary. The Art of Mughal India: Painting & Precious Objects. New York: Distributed by H.N. Abrams, 1963.
page number: Mentioned: p. 174, no. 80
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Dikshit, Moreshwar Gangadhar. History of Indian Glass. [Bombay]: University of Bombay, 1969.
page number: Reproduced: pl. IIA
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Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook. [Cleveland]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 312
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n332
Carboni, Stefano, and David Whitehouse. Glass of the Sultans. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2001.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 138, pp. 284-285
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Carboni, Stefano, and David Whitehouse. Glass of the Sultans. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2001.
page number: Reproduced: cat. no. 138, pp. 284-285
url: https://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15324coll10/id/74621
Du Pasquier, Jacqueline. Histoire du verre: les chefs-d'oeuvre de l'Islam. Paris: Massin, 2007.
page number: p. 124
url:
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