Qalyan hookah base, Safavid Iran, Kerman, 17th century Hookah base with rectangular base and arched shoulder, the body flanked on one side by a projecting hole, the upper part truncated and completed with a Qajar-period copper alloy trim, 19th century, finely engraved with a figure flanked by animals. Siliceous ceramic piece with molded decoration of an arcature on each side housing animals painted in blue, the rest of the object painted with green and red engobes of a floral design. H. 12.5 cm (small chips, truncated upper part, crack at the base, small accidents to the metal frame)