AN OTTOMAN SILVER GILT HUQQA PIPE, TURKEY, 19TH CENTURY

Reference: ART4001447

The elongated tiered stem winced with gilt floral motifs, with tughras and proof marks, the globular base inlaid with silver geometric patterns arranged in vertical bands. Variously stamped with tughras, a five-pointed star 80 on arabic the tughras have been read as those of Abd al-Majid (1255-77 AH /1839-61 AD. 115 cm. height

PROVENANCE
Sotheby's, London, 11 October 1996, lot 131