Museum number:

APM 31.102

Subcollection:

etnografische pijpen

Title:

waterpijpbasis

Keyword:

painting of ornamental panels, strewn flowers

Description:

Twee waterpijpbases van porselein met klokvormig lichaam met conische hals, de onderzijde vlak met smalle standring. Wit porselein beschilderd in meerkleuren met op de schouder panelen met geometrische vulling, over de buik en hals enkele strooibloemen, langs de randen een filetrand, langs de basis met een lijn van boogjes.

Date:

Period 1740 - 1780


Dimensions:

GeneralHeight18 cm
Diameter13,8 cm
Weight797 gram
Other dimensions tweede exemplaar: Hoogte 18 cm, Diameter 14 cm
Characteristics
Materialporselein (ceramiek)
Techniquegedraaid (pottenbakkersschijf)
Colourwit
Finish glazuur, meerkleuren
Production
ContintentAzië
Region InternationalOost-Azië
CountryChina
Acquisition
Year 2024
Comments
Tweede exemplaar (rechts foto): Hoogte 18 cm, Diameter 14 cm, gewicht 825 gram.
Wenen, Zacke, Fine Asian Art Holiday Sale, lot 287, 2024. A rare pair of famille rose hookah bases, 18th century.
China, 1730-1800. The pair is finely modeled and enameled in slight relief with flowers below a ruyi border in bright turquoise, rose and green enamels with iron-red details painted above the glaze, the necks with matching decorations. Note the extremely fine spiraling lines at the base.
Weight: 798.4 g and 826 g. Dimensions: Height 17.8 cm
Condition: Excellent condition with minor wear, one with a minimal chip to the rim, the other with a glaze flake. Minor firing flaws.
Provenance: Private collection. By repute acquired at Christies South Kensington in the 1990s. Galerie Zacke, Fine Chinese Art, April 2020, lot 332. A Chinese private collector, acquired from the above.
Auction result comparison: Compare with a Wucai Hookah Base from the 17th century at Christies New York in Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 19 September 2006, lot 270, sold for USD $12,000.
Literature comparison: See Mary Greensted and Peter Hardie, Chinese Ceramics, The Indian Connection, City of Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, 1982, pages 35 and 36, for two related Hookah bases.

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