id: 144663 accession number: 1969.287 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1969.287 updated: 2022-02-07 23:27:21.190000 Hookah Bowl, 1700s. India, Mughal. Glass; overall: 17 cm (6 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection 1969.287 title: Hookah Bowl title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1700s creation date earliest: 1700 creation date latest: 1799 current location: 116 Islamic creditline: The Norweb Collection copyright: --- culture: India, Mughal technique: glass department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art collection: Indian Art type: Glass find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 17 cm (6 11/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Inscription in Farsi, on body: Even if live charcoal is placed on its head/ The hookah, a teacher of etiquette,/ will not respond unless drawn upon;/ Thus one can learn from its manners of refinement. translation: remark: inscription: Inscription in Farsi, on shoulder: In the name of Allah the clement and merciful is the key to the wise treasure. translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS 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: 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: Around the top of this hookah bowl are incised the opening two lines from the Khamsa (Quintet) of the celebrated Persian poet Nizami (1141–1209). digital description: wall description: The inscription around the body of the base speaks to the use of the hookah in the decadent life of the Mughal court. The hookah is commended for being a proper, refined servant who will not “respond unless drawn upon” or, produce water bubbles when smoke is drawn through the hose. Undoubtedly the witty, poetic allusions would have been appreciated at banquets and other courtly gatherings. The use of wheel-cut glass for this hookah base may have been influenced by English glass and lead crystal that was exported to India --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Carboni, Stefano, and David Whitehouse. Glass of the Sultans. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2001. page number: Reproduced: cat. no. 136, pp. 282-283 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1969.287/1969.287_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1969.287/1969.287_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1969.287/1969.287_full.tif