Sujet
Hookah Bowl, 1700s. Creator: Unknown.
Légende
Hookah Bowl, 1700s. The appreciation of poetic allusions while enjoying a hookah was part of the culture of pleasure at courtly gatherings throughout Mughal India. Around the top of this hookah bowl are incised the opening two lines from the Khamsa (Quintet) of the celebrated Persian poet Nizami (1141-1209). The four verses incised around the body of the bowl are excerpts from the poetically embellished definition of the word hoqqa in an Arabic dictionary compiled in the 1700s. The verses personify the hookah as a long-suffering servant who does not protest even when burning embers are placed on his head.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM19F86_044
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
114,2Mo (6,0Mo) / 56,3cm x 50,8cm / 6651 x 6000 (300dpi)