id:			136970
accession number:	1961.44
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1961.44
updated:		2024-03-26 01:58:50.950000

Hookah Base, c. 1750. Mughal India, possibly Lucknow. 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. 1750
creation date earliest:		1650
creation date latest:		1800
current location:		116 Islamic
creditline:			Cornelia Blakemore Warner Fund
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culture:	Mughal India, possibly Lucknow
technique:	gold on blue glass
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Glass
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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:   1961-11-01T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review (1961)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 1-26, 1961).

	title:		Art of Mughal India
	opening date:   1964-01-15T05:00:00
	<i>Art of Mughal India</i>. 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
	<i>Glass of the Sultans</i>. 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
	<i>Art and Stories from Mughal India</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 31-October 23, 2016).

	title:		Paintings of Bikaner – Indian Gallery 242 Rotation
	opening date:   2019-11-07T05:00:00
	<i>Paintings of Bikaner – Indian Gallery 242 Rotation</i>. 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
	<i>Art of the Islamic World (Islamic art rotation)</i>. 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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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Welch, Stuart Cary. <em>The Art of Mughal India: Painting &amp; Precious Objects</em>. New York: Distributed by H.N. Abrams, 1963.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 174, no. 80
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	Dikshit, Moreshwar Gangadhar. <em>History of Indian Glass</em>. [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. <em>Glass of the Sultans</em>. 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. <em>Glass of the Sultans</em>. 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. <em>Histoire du verre: les chefs-d'oeuvre de l'Islam</em>. Paris: Massin, 2007.
	page number: 	p. 124
	url:		

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