Museum number:

APM 19.809

Subcollection:

ethnographic pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

long pipe

Description:

Tobacco pipe of white metal with bowl-shaped bowl standing on straight short stem with square angle over stem with a square body between two concentric discs. On the four flat parts blackened twice with copper a stylized bat or another motif. Original bamboo stem with three knots, adorned with burned motifs of longitudinal lines interspersed with concentric bands with meander-like rings and stylized leaves. White metal mouthpiece with the same four flat parts with inlay and thin mouthpiece with a button.

Date:

Period 1800 - 1860


Dimensions:

BowlHeight1.06 in (2.7 cm)
Width0.98 in (2.5 cm)
StemLength1.18 in (3 cm)
Length total26.77 in (68 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type stub stemmed pipe
Pipe shape bowl shape
Materialwhite metal (metal)
Techniqueforged
Colouroxidized
Other materialsbamboo (wood)
Finish inleg, zwart
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentAsia
Region internationalEast Asia
CountryChina
Acquisition
Year 2009
Provenance Parijs, Piasa, veilinghuis Nouveau Drouot, lot 139
Parijs, collectie Musée de la Seita, 1990-2009, coll nr 1200
Londen, veilinghuis Phillips, 04-12-1990
Bramber, collectie Anthony Irving, House of Pipes, <1970-1989
Literature
Anoniem, Collection Musée de la Seita, Objets du tabac et de ses usages. Paris, 2009. p 21, nr 139. (Afgebeeld in een groep) Lot de huit longues pipes chinoises, fourneau en métal. 150/200 euro.
Don Duco, Het Parijse museum van de Seita. AmsterdamNieuwsbrief Pijpenkabinet, 6/12, 2009. Dit exemplaar.

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