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AN IRANIAN SILVER WATER PIPE (QALYAN) SET WITH ITS WOODEN STEM, SILVER BOWL AND STAND Late Qajar Iran, ca. 1880 - 1920 The silver qalyan of typical drop-like shape, with a bulbous, knob-like tail, short cylindrical neck, and a tubular hose port on one side, surmounted by a later-added and purposefully matched mother-of-pearl and white metal wire-inlaid wooden stem decorated with fretwork bands, and a flared, incised and pierced silver bowl at the top made of two inverted, superimposed qalyan cups decorated with rosette festoons and clusters of tassels, resting on a silver tripod stand with a circular resting ring and sloping legs, the water pipe set 53.4cm high excluding the stand.
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AN IRANIAN SILVER WATER PIPE (QALYAN) SET WITH ITS WOODEN STEM, SILVER BOWL AND STAND Late Qajar Iran, ca. 1880 - 1920 The silver qalyan of typical drop-like shape, with a bulbous, knob-like tail, short cylindrical neck, and a tubular hose port on one side, surmounted by a later-added and purposefully matched mother-of-pearl and white metal wire-inlaid wooden stem decorated with fretwork bands, and a flared, incised and pierced silver bowl at the top made of two inverted, superimposed qalyan cups decorated with rosette festoons and clusters of tassels, resting on a silver tripod stand with a circular resting ring and sloping legs, the water pipe set 53.4cm high excluding the stand.
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