Museum number:

APM 11.453

Subcollection:

ethnographic pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

dish type, serrated dish

Description:

Tobacco pipe made of earthenware, so-called chibouque with large funnel-shaped bowl on a flat dish, without heel and flared stem, widening in the stub. Bowl stamped decoration consisting of a circled band with pearl and cord motif from which geometric triangles with leaves and circle holes. Disc edge cut in the form of small leaves running counterclockwise. Stem geometric bands including a toothed relief band around the end. Bowl bottom flat rectangular tongue. Bowl internal triangular lip.

Date:

Period 1830 - 1880


Dimensions:

BowlHeight2.36 in (6 cm)
Width2.68 in (6.8 cm)
StemLength2.56 in (6.5 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type stub stemmed pipe
Pipe shape chibuk
Materialpottery (ceramic)
Techniquethrown (potters' wheel), slip glued
Colourblack-baked
Finish engobe, gepolijst
Traces of use geen
Production
ContinentAfrica
Region internationalNorth Africa
CountryEgypt
Region nationalUpper Egypt
TownAssiut
Mark Arabische letters (stempel, steel)
Acquisition
Year 1990
Provenance Knowle, veilinghuis Phillips Midlands, 1990, lot 369
Bramber, collectie Anthony Irving, House of Pipes, <1970-1989
Literature
Benedict Goes, 25 eeuwen roken; De verwonderlijke vormgeving van de pijp. , 1993. p 63, foto. Dit exemplaar.
Benedict Goes, The Intriguing Design of Tobacco Pipes. Leiden, 1993. p 63, foto. Dit exemplaar.
Don Duco, The ubiquitos clay pipe. ParisThe Pipe Year Book 2001, /, 2001. p 59. Dit exemplaar.
Exhibition
Leiden, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, vitrine etnografie, maart 1990 - 31 december 1993.
Wenen, Österreichisches Tabakmuseum, tentoonstelling "Die 2000 Jährige Geschichte der Tonpfeifen", 23 juni 1994 - 10 september 1994.
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 9, v.a. 2001.

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