Museum number:
| APM 13.716 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| leaves, palmettes, pearl rim |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of stoneware with bowl-shaped head on a high conical base with flat bottom and up going stem. Bowl and foot concentric rings between which repetitive motif of leaf-shaped grunts. Stem on both sides in relief triangular form of leaf motifs. Bowl base smooth bronze ring. Press mould in two parts. Original bronze stem with widening stem end with remnants of filigree work. |
Date:
| Period | 1800 - 1900 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 2.13 in (5.4 cm) |
| Width | 1.69 in (4.3 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.57 in (4 cm) |
| Length total | 8.86 in (22.5 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | insert pipe |
| Pipe shape | bowl shape |
| Material | stoneware (ceramic) |
| Technique | pressed |
| Colour | brown black |
| Other materials | brass (metal) |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Asia |
| Region international | South East Asia |
| Country | Myanmar (Burma) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1994 |
| Provenance | Chiang Mai, Thailand, antiekwinkel Pusaha, night bazar |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, tentoonstelling "Toppers, twee jaar aanwinsten Pijpenkabinet", voorjaar-zomer 1996. |
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, overloop, vitrine Azië, v.a. 2001. |
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