File:Hookah base - Deccan - 1700 -1750 - Louvre - MAO 719.jpg

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Description
English: Hookah base.
Français : Base de houka.
Date turn of the 17/18th century
Medium
English: polished and blackened alloy of copper, zinc, lead and tin, inlaid with silver
Français : alliage de zinc, cuivre, plomb et étain poli et noirci, incrusté d'argent
institution QS:P195,Q19675
Current location

This work is part of the collections of the Louvre (Department of Islamic Art).
Accession number
MAO 719
Object history place of creation: Deccan Plateau, India
Credit line 1984: purchased
Source/Photographer Marie-Lan Nguyen (2006)
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