Nargile

Vessel: ca. 1720; Water pipe: mid 19th century

17.5 cm 66.5 cm 16 cm

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Blue-and-white porcelains from China were especially prized in Islamic courts. Such objects were not only collected by Muslim rulers but also refitted or refashioned for new purposes. This nargile, or water pipe for smoking tobacco, incorporates an 18th-century Chinese blue-an...

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R. S. Pardo, Constantinople; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1903; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
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