A rare ealry 18th century porcelain Huqqa (Hookah)base, probably Chinese for the Persian market,...

A rare ealry 18th century porcelain Huqqa (Hookah)base, probably Chinese for the Persian market, the onion-shaped body with alternating panels of Imari-coloured flowers, famille rose-enamelled flowers and fruit, and a pale washed blue panels with residual gilding, on a thick heavy foot, 4.75" (12cm) high, (neck a/f). Sold with a Persioan brass collar, of conical form engraved with deer and figures, previously secured to the porcelain base with bitumen, same size, the composite vessel 8" (20cm) high overall.