Persia. (B.c.) 



[27.] Hookah Base; brass; 6jin. diameter x 6^in. 

 high ; horizontal bands of ornament and figures covering its 

 whole surface. 



[ 28.] Chillum ; 7in. long, silver; repousse; the middle 

 enamelled with flowers and with ornament, on dark blue 

 ground ; four chains ; painted stick, yin. long. 



[ 29.] Narghile Bowl, brass ; belt of Persian inscriji- 

 tions around middle ; figures in low relief on lower part, each 

 under an arch ; figures and heads in medallions around 

 upper half. gin. high, 4iin. diameter. .Similar to No. 1 2. 



[30.] Mouthpiece, 8iin. long; enamelled head, i.'.in. 



[31.] Chillum; upper ])art of silver, 3 }, in. high ; belt 

 of perforated work at top ; silver chains ; lower part black 

 wood, carved. 6Mn. high, 3vin. diameter. 



[32.] Chillum, silver ; chased in lozenge pattern, and 

 perforated ; many chains, with carnelian beads at ends. gin. 

 high, 2^in. diameter. 



[ 33.] Chillum ; upper part enamelled heads in medal- 

 lions ; lower part wood, carved, siin. high, 2iin. diameter. 



[ 34.] Cup of Chillum, silver ; perforated ; engraved ; 

 chains. 2;^in. high, 3in. diameter. 



[ 35.] Hookah Base, brown earthenware; silver mounts; 

 repousse'. gAin. high, yhm. diameter. 



[ 36 and 37.] Hookah Base, brown earthenware ; brass 

 mounts, with Persian ornament incised. 



[ 38.] Hookah Base, porcelain ; Persian ornament in 

 white, blue ground, gin. high, 7in. diameter. 



[ 39.] Hookah Base, porcelain ; landscapes and orna- 

 ment in outline in gold on blue ground, gin. high, 6in. 

 diameter. 



[ 40.] Hookah Base, [wrcelain ; ornament in gold on 

 blue ground ; chased silver base, with three feet ; silver rim 

 and cover, repousse', and chain ; four makers' marks in 

 Chinese characters, iiin. high x 6in. diameter. 



[41.] Narghile Bowl, enamelled in colours all over ; 

 on middle, twelve vertical panels of flowers, with divisions of 

 brass-work, arched at top and bottom ; above, six heads, in 

 medallions, with rosettes of flowers lictwcen ; below, five 

 heads, in medallions, with small ro.-)Ctles between. 10 J, in. 

 high, 5 in. diameter. 



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