Museum number:
| APM 21.186 |
Subcollection:
| porcelain pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| head man with turban |
Description:
Tobacco pipe in porcelain with figural bowl, flat bottom and ascending stem widening towards the stub. Bowl head of a Turk or Arab with moustache and square beard, a turban on the head, painted in natural colours, the skin brown, the stem end orange-brown. Original mounting with silver lid with a large crescent moon, the clamping spring a ram's head, stem end silver cuff edge with leaf motifs. |
Date:
| Period | 1825 - 1845 |
Dimensions:
| General | Height | 4.45 in (11.3 cm) |
| Bowl | Height | 2.95 in (7.5 cm) |
| Width | 2.17 in (5.5 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 2.36 in (6 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | porcelain (ceramic) |
| Technique | slip cast |
| Colour | white |
| Other materials | silver (metal) |
| Finish | glazuur, meerkleuren |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | Germany |
Acquisition
| Year | 2012 |
| Provenance | 's-Graveland, Arjan de Haan |
| Verenigde Staten, internethandel, 2012 |
Comments
| Afgebeeld is vermoedelijk Ibrahim Pacha, zoon van Mohammed Ali, koning van Egypte (1789-1848). Als aanvoerder van het Egyptische leger veroverde hij in 1824 Griekenland en in 1831 Syrië. |
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