A Persian Copper Hookah with Polychrome Enamel and Gilt Decoration, Qajar, Circa mid-19th Century

of concave tapering form, gilded and decorated in polychrome enamel with three registers each containing four oval medallions ornamented with floral bouquets, embracing couples in European dress, and portrait busts, the deep blue background with richly gilded relief floral motifs.

Generally very good. Areas of restoration around rim. Very minimal retouched areas elsewhere.
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Cf. N.D. Khalili et. al., Enamels of the World, 1700-2000: The Khalili Collections, London, 2009, no. 140, for a hookah decorated in a very similar hand.