19th Century Porcelain Huqqa with Persian Decoration

This beautiful huqqa (or hookah), an instrument used for smoking—is a highly collectable antique piece. It created in the late 19th century, most likely in Russia. The huqqa is finely decorated with depictions of Qajar kings, suggesting that it was created for the Persian market. The huqqa features a bell-shaped base with a ribbed cylindrical top. This is covered by a cup-shaped feature on a knopped stem. The huqqa is crafted from porcelain which is white and finely decorated with deep blue stylised vines, leaves and flowers. Half-length portraits of the 19th century Persian kings, Naser al-Din Shah and Mozaffar al-Din Shah, ornament the huqqa’s base...

Of conical shape with retracted neck and griffin handles, the 'fond lapis' parcel-gilt and painted surface depicting on one side a colourful scene with children and on the other a bo...

Persian Qajar Dynasty Glazed Pottery Vase. Antique Middle Eastern Persian Qajar Dynasty hexagonal, polychrome glazed pottery vase, circa early 1900's or before. The hand painting dep...

of squat form with waisted neck and flattened rim, the shoulder with globular spout, decorated in cobalt-blue with black outlining on a white ground with birds and insects in a lands...