Tobacco pipe bowl from hookah or kalian pipe

Made:
1880-1930 in India and Iran
Black pottery tobacco pipe bowl, shallow pierced with six holes

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Black pottery tobacco pipe bowl, shallow pierced with six holes
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Black pottery tobacco pipe bowl, shallow pierced with six holes, tapering tube, screw thread stamped decoration, possibly from hookah or kalian pipe, Indian or Persian, 1880-1930

Details

Category:
Smoking
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A652908
Materials:
incomplete and pottery
Measurements:
overall: 68 mm
rim: 58 mm,
base: 22 mm,
type:
component - object and water pipe - smoking