id: 144662 accession number: 1969.286 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1969.286 updated: 2025-05-23 11:08:15.791000 Hookah Base, early 1700s. India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756). Glass with colored enamel and gilding; overall: 17.8 cm (7 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1969.286 title: Hookah Base title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: early 1700s creation date earliest: 1700 creation date latest: 1725 current location: 116 Islamic creditline: The Norweb Collection copyright: --- culture: India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756) technique: Glass with colored enamel and gilding department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art collection: Indian Art type: Glass find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 17.8 cm (7 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Translation of inscription: "In the name of God, the element, the merciful, Is the key to the wise treasure" translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS 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, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 31-October 23, 2016). 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). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Mrs. R. Henry [Emery May Holden] Norweb [1895–1984], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: ?–1969 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1969– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Desjardins, Tara. Mughal Glass: A History of Glassmaking in India. New Delhi: Roli Books, 2024. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 127, no. 47 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1969.286/1969.286_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1969.286/1969.286_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1969.286/1969.286_full.tif