Museum number:
| APM 12.725 |
Subcollection:
| opiumpijpen |
Title:
| opiumpijp |
Keyword:
| opium pipe |
Description:
Opium pipe made of wood (fruitwood, presumably pear) with tubular shape with a large diameter closed with ivory nozzle with teat-shaped profile and end piece with a Chinese character on the flat side. The wood of the pipe support cut a dragon's head that functions as the finger support with green glass eyes (imitation emeralds) in a silver setting, two circumferential constricted rings give the impression that the pipe is made of bamboo. Six-sided saddle in gilded brass with a swinging dragon behind a sun symbol depicted as a jewel. Holder for the bowl eight-sided and with panels engraved and without cuff. |
Date:
| Period | 1870 - 1910 |
Dimensions:
| General | Length | 65 cm |
| Diameter | 5,8 cm |
| Pipe type | buisvorm |
| Material | hout |
| Technique | gesneden |
| Colour | bruin |
| Other materials | ivoor (dierlijk materiaal) |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
| Contintent | Azië |
| Region International | Oost-Azië |
| Country | China |
| Year | 1991 |
| Provenance | Amsterdam, Paul Rutten, kunsthandelaar |
| Marseille, particulier bezit, <1980-1990 |
| Vgl. APM 12.725bis de ketel. |
| Benedict Goes, The Intriguing Design of Tobacco Pipes. Leiden, 1993. p 75, groepsfoto. Dit exemplaar. |
| Don Duco, Opium & opiumschuiven, een bronnenboek. Amsterdam, 2006. p 124, foto 74. Dit exemplaar. Idem, p 147, afb 104. Pommel. Idem, p 149, afb 106. Eindstuk. |
| Leiden, Pijpenkabinet, tentoonstelling "Roken op z'n Chinees", 7 november - 24 december 1993. |
| Wenen, Österreichisches Tabakmuseum, tentoonstelling "Die 2000 Jährige Geschichte der Tonpfeifen", 23 juni 1994 - 10 september 1994. |
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, opiumvitrine, 1999-2013. |
| Amsterdam, Amsterdam Pipe Museum, permanente presentatie, opiumvitrine, v.a. 2013. |
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