PERSIA. (B.C.) 



[ 3.] Narghile ; bowl, cocoa nut ; 6in. long, ^.in. 

 diameter ; lower half of bowl carved a hunting scene in 

 low relief ; upper half covered with silver, enamelled heads 

 and flowers in colours ; rising stem and chillum, i4.in. long; 

 chillum, silver chased ; rising stem with animals and birds in 

 black on white ground ; smoking tube ip^in. long, also with 

 animals and birds in black on white ground. 



[ 4.] Narghile ; bowl, 8|in. long, pointed at bottom, 

 4}in. diameter; rising stem and chillum, i2in. long; 

 smoking tube and mouthpiece, 26-i-in. long ; the whole silver 

 gilt, and elaborately chased. 



[5.] Narghile ; bowl, cocoa nut, 5 in. x 5in. diameter ; 

 rising stem, 2oin. long, of turned wood; smoking tube, 26in. 

 long, cane, ornamented with velvet and silk ; stem and 

 smoking tube, strutted and attached by cords. 



[6.] Chillum, with sarpoosh ; 7 Jin. high ; steel ; 

 elaborately perforated, and inlaid with gold ; the tube for 

 attachment of elastic pipe inlaid with scales, and terminating 

 in snake's head with ruby eyes ; dipping tube, 5 in. long. 



[ 7.] Narghile Bowl ; steel; decorated with incrustations 

 of flowers, etc., in gold. Sin. long, 4in. diameter. 



[8.] Narghile Bowl ; body of deep blue enamel, with 

 six vertical belts of flowers in enamel ; deep blue enamel 

 between the upper and lower casings of brass, with flowers 

 and birds in low relief on blue enamel ground, with female 

 heads in enamel between the groups of flowers, etc. piin. 

 long, x 4^in. diameter. 



[9.] Narghile Bowl ; body of bluish green enamel ; 

 upper and lower casings of brass, covered with figures in 

 circular medallions and floral ornament in low relief ; Persian 

 inscriptions also in low relief; top and bottom casings con- 

 nected by thirty brass wires. i2in. long x 5|in. diameter. 



[ 10.] Narghile Bowl; silver; six oval medallions of 

 flowers and birds, repousse ; fluted at top and bottom, gin. 

 long x 4f in. diameter. 



[ ii.] Narghile Bowl; body enamelled with spiral 

 bands of dark blue and white, and flowers ; top and bottom 

 casings with groups of figures in low relief, on enamel 

 grounds ; Persian inscriptions in similar work, as mouldings. 

 1 1 in. long x 4f in. diameter. 



[ 12.] Narghile Bowl; brass; belt of Persian inscriptions 

 round the middle ; full length figures above and below, in 

 low relief, each under an arch. pin. long x 4^ in. diameter. 



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