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A BLUE AND WHITE POTTERY QALYAN?(WATER-PIPE)?? Iran, 17th - 18th century? Of typical shape with compressed globular body, on a straight circular foot, rising to a flared neck with a circular mouth, on the side a circular hole to fit the smoking pipe's tube, underglaze painted in cobalt blue and black, the Chinese-inspired decoration consisting of roundels with stylised lions on the body and vegetal motifs around the neck,19cm high. Provenance:?Acquired in 1960s – 1970s in Iran and in the UK since 1981. It is interesting to notice that the decoration of this qalyan?is not the only element inspired by Chinese export porcelain models. Indeed, as Oliver Watson explains, the Iranian potters have here taken a Chinese type of spouted pouring vessel (called kendi) and transformed it into the base of a water-pipe (O. Watson, Ceramics from Islamic Lands, London, 2004, p. 472).Notes: Islamic & Indian Art