A GEM-SET AND TURQUOISE SILVER HUQQA, EUROPE OR PERSIA, FIRST-HALF 20TH CENTURY

A GEM-SET AND TURQUOISE SILVER HUQQA, EUROPE OR PERSIA, FIRST-HALF 20TH CENTURY

the gem-set and turquoise silver huqqa body on three legs, with jewelled insignia of the Qajar order of the Lion and Sun with crown, screw-in tall cylindrical shaft decorated with gem-set en-suite segments, mouth and tray detachable, together with flat tray with pounced ground, decoration in relief and inscriptions, with spurious date, in bespoke Asprey velvet lined case

huqqa: 81cm. height

silver dish: 27cm. diam.