A Tombak-mounted hookah  with a porcelain base, Qing dynasty, China, 18th century and  Ottoman Turkey,  19th century. Photo Sotheby"s

the blue and white porcelain base comprising two bulbous forms, decorated with roundels containing floral decoration, the neck with alternating panels featuring floral stems and jardinieres, mounted with a gilt-copper (tombak) top, includes a valve and bowl with hinged cover 36cm.  Lot 210. Estimate 6,000-10,000 GBP

EXHIBITED: Couleurs d'Orient, Brussels 2010.

LITTERATURE: Brussels 2010, p.40

 Sotheby's. An Eye For Opulence- Art of the Ottoman Empire. Londres | 24 avr. 2012, 02:30 PM www.sothebys.com