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Description: | Bidriware hookah base in the shape of a bottle, wider at the base, with a circular ring stand. The mouth section is wider than the neck below and has a projecting moulding below. Made of patinated zinc alloy and inlaid with silver in an intricate floral design featuring peacocks and mammals, probably foxes. Made in tehnishan and tarkashi technique.
caption: General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 347 | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | zinc food containers metal silver Food and Feasting | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-99862 | Go to resource |
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