A LATE 19TH OR EARLY 20TH-CENTURY BRONZE SCULPTURE DEPICTING A SQUATTING MALE FIGURE SMOKING A WATER PIPE OR HOOKAH. THE NUDE FIGURE IS DEPICTED SITTING IN A CROUCHED POSITION ON AN INTEGRATED SEMI-OVAL BASE, HOLDING A LONG STEM TO HIS MOUTH WITH HIS RIGHT HAND AND HOLDING THE WATER VESSEL IN HIS LEFT HAND. THE BRONZE DISPLAYS A RICH DARK BROWN PATINA WITH FINE HAND-FINISHED DETAILS TO THE FACE, MUSTACHE, AND PIPE