BASE ET SUPPORT DE BASE DE HUQQA EN BIDRI AVEC INCRUSTATION D'ARGENTINDE, DECCAN, XVIIIE SIÈCLEHuqqa: 19 cm (7 1/2 in.) high;Ring: 15.2 cm (6 in.) diam.Provenance: A SILVER-INLAID BIDRI HUQQA BASE AND RINGINDIA, DECCAN, 18TH CENTURY印度 德干 十八世紀 錯銀水煙壺底座及底座環This huqqa base and its foot-ring originally fit into a long stem supporting a brazier and pipe through which smoke was inhaled. Both feature patterns echoing Persian influence popularized in the Deccan region of India, characterized by silver inlay over a blackened surface. The globular base along the body depicts alternating vertical foliate and floral ribs separated by thin chevron designs. An everted neck supports a flattened flange over which sits a band ofmihrab, referring to the walled niches inside a mosque. The elaborated surfaces that change along with the transitions of the shape of the vessel indicate the high level of detailing of this craft.For a related example, see Zebrowski,Gold, Silver and Bronze from Mughal India, 1981, p. 184, fig. 201 and Stronge,Bidri Ware Inlaid Metalwork From India, 1985, pp. 46-7, fig. 9.