Lot 163
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AN INDIAN HOOKAH PIPE, the large glass base of bell-form with widening tubular mouth and flaring lip, the body deeply cut with a band of roundels comprising cross-hatched lines divided by triangular panels of radiating lines, a band of bolder cross-hatching below, between minor plain lines, the mouth with vertical flutes, the silver upper section with two tubes interrupted by bosses decorated with raised roundels, the cup with diagonal rows of faceted small roundels either side of a band of flowerhead panels within scrolling motifs, early 19th century

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AN INDIAN HOOKAH PIPE, the large glass base of bell-form with widening tubular mouth and flaring lip, the body deeply cut with a band of roundels comprising cross-hatched lines divided by triangular panels of radiating lines, a band of bolder cross-hatching below, between minor plain lines, the mouth with vertical flutes, the silver upper section with two tubes interrupted by bosses decorated with raised roundels, the cup with diagonal rows of faceted small roundels either side of a band of flowerhead panels within scrolling motifs, early 19th century
base 10 1/8in. (25.7cm.) high
overall 27 1/8in. (68.9cm.) high

Lot Essay

The glass base was made in England for export to India. It is a work of considerable technical virtuosity. It is a large shape to have been blown, particularly as it is of such a thickness as to have been possible thereafter to cut as deeply as it has been, without destroying the whole piece.

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