Museum number:
| APM 8.340 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| gilt, golden valve lid |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of earthenware, so-called chibouque with funnel-shaped bowl, round base without heel and straight stem widening into a stub. Bowl and stem incised with geometric decoration. Bowl internal small triangular lip. Bowl and stem polished and covered with gold leaf. Original mounting with pompon cuff ring and valve cover with pointed centrepiece with ball-crowning, clamping spring with ball, stem rim with stem holder and locking ring. |
Date:
| Period | 1840 - 1880 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 2.72 in (6.9 cm) |
| Width | 1.89 in (4.8 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 2.56 in (6.5 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | chibuk |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | thrown (potters' wheel), slip glued |
| Colour | red |
| Other materials | gilt bronze (metal) |
| Oher techniques | gilt |
| Finish | engobe, verguldsel op ceramiek |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Asia |
| Region international | Western Asia |
| Country | Turkey |
| Region national | Istanbul (province) |
| Town | Istanbul |
| Mark | Arabische letters (stempel, steel links) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1984 |
| Provenance | Amsterdam, Gérard Boilot, Le Petit Marchand |
| Amsterdam, veilinghuis Mak van Waay, 1977 |
Comments
| Veilingcatalogus Mak van Waay, 1977, nr 2188 (afgebeeld). Het vergulde deksel werd in de antiekhandel vroeger aangeduid als pomponne, in de veronderstelling dat het een goudlegering was. Dit moet onjuist zijn, er is eerder sprake van verguld messing of brons. |
Literature
| Don Duco, Turkije als centrum van de oost-Europese pijpenfabricage. Leiden, 1984. p 11, afb 11. Dit exemplaar. |
| Benedict Goes, 25 eeuwen roken; De verwonderlijke vormgeving van de pijp. , 1993. p 64, foto. Dit exemplaar. |
| Benedict Goes, The Intriguing Design of Tobacco Pipes. Leiden, 1993. p 64, foto. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Leiden, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, vitrine etnografie, april 1984 - 31 december 1993. |
| Wenen, Österreichisches Tabakmuseum, tentoonstelling "Die 2000 Jährige Geschichte der Tonpfeifen", 23 juni 1994 - 10 september 1994. |
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 9, v.a. 2001. |
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