Museum number:

APM 13.716

Subcollection:

etnografische pijpen

Title:

tabakspijp

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:

BowlHeight5,4 cm
Width4,3 cm
StemLength4 cm
Length total22,5 cm
Characteristics
Pipe type insteekpijp
Pipe shape komvorm
Materialsteengoed (ceramiek)
Techniquegeperst
Colourbruinzwart
Other materialsmessing (metaal)
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContintentAzië
Region InternationalZuidoost-Azië
CountryMyanmar (Birma)
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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