A Bidri ware silver inlaid huqqa base with broad flaring foot and slender tapering neck, decorated with foliate bands and stylised flowerheads -- 8 5/8in. (22cms) high; and a white metal and brass pear shaped huqqa base incised overall with scrolling, trailing foliage above a band of stiff leaves to the foot -- 11¼in. (28.5cms) high.

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A Bidri ware silver inlaid huqqa base with broad flaring foot and slender tapering neck, decorated with foliate bands and stylised flowerheads -- 8 5/8in. (22cms) high; and a white metal and brass pear shaped huqqa base incised overall with scrolling, trailing foliage above a band of stiff leaves to the foot -- 11¼in. (28.5cms) high.
See Colour Plate 8.

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