Museum number:
| APM 15.089 |
Subcollection:
| porcelain pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| head woman with vine drink |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of porcelain with figural bowl, without heel and up going stem with thin stub. Bowl head of a woman with the hair raised on the back of her head and three pipe curls at her ears, around her head a vine with three bunches of grapes, an upright band of braided tracing around the bowl opening. Stem two serrated acanthus leaves with a curled leaf tip as a heel mark, stem internal thread. Unpainted so-called blanc de Chine finish. |
Date:
| Period | 1810 - 1840 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 2.2 in (5.6 cm) |
| Width | 1.77 in (4.5 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.18 in (3 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | porcelain, blanc de Chine (ceramic) |
| Technique | slip cast |
| Colour | white |
| Finish | glazuur, transparant |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | France |
| Region national | Ile de France |
| Town | Sèvres |
| Maker | Manufacture Royale |
Acquisition
| Year | 1996 |
| Provenance | Parijs, collectie Bertrand Lazard, 1985-1996 |
| Parijs, veilinghuis Nouveau Drouot, 1985 |
Comments
| Verzamelaar Lazard beschouwde dit als een van de belangrijkste figuurpijpen uit zijn collectie en ging uit van productie bij Sèvres. |
Literature
| Ruud van der Neut, Toeback & toebehoren. Baarn, 2001. foto. Dit exemplaar. |
| Don Duco, Porseleinen figuurpijpen, niet altijd een originele inspiratie. Amsterdam, 2017. afb 11. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 7, v.a. 2001. |
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