Museum number:
| APM 15.569 |
Subcollection:
| opium pipes |
Title:
| opium pipe bowl |
Keyword:
| carp, signature |
Description:
Opium damper made of stoneware with flat cylindrical bowl, slightly curved upper side, wide vertical outer edge and slightly curved underside with stub. Top incised and filled in with gray-white stoneware on the right a carp, under leaf motifs and left above three Chinese characters, a second carp in brown-gray left below, surface polished with high-gloss. Damper underside two groups with stamped Chinese character marks. Bowl holder with stem of brass. |
Date:
| Period | 1860 - 1900 |
Dimensions:
| General | Height | 1.89 in (4.8 cm) |
| Diameter | 2.87 in (7.3 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | insert pipe |
| Pipe shape | round |
| Material | stoneware, yixing (ceramic) |
| Technique | thrown (potters' wheel) |
| Colour | red-brown |
| Other materials | brass (metal) |
| Finish | steengoed, grijswit |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Asia |
| Region international | East Asia |
| Country | China |
| Mark | Chinese karakters (stempels, ketel onderzijde) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1999 |
| Provenance | Amsterdam, Rob Clarke |
| China, provincie Hunan, antiekhandel, 1999 |
Literature
| Don Duco, Opium & opiumschuiven, een bronnenboek. Amsterdam, 2006. p 162, foto 144. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, opiumvitrine, 1999-2013. |
| Amsterdam, Amsterdam Pipe Museum, permanente presentatie, opiumvitrine, v.a. 2013. |
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