Museum number:

APM 14.587

Subcollection:

opiumpijpen

Title:

opiumpijp

Keyword:

opium pipe with turtle

Description:

Opium pipe made of bamboo with tubular shape lined with tortoise, the end pieces trimmed with brass rings in which enamel inlays in blue, turquoise and pink-red, twisted ivory end pieces. Brass saddle with square base with swiveled corners on which the cylinder with oval shape including contoured edge. Original damper.

Date:

Period 1875 - 1910


Dimensions:

GeneralLength58 cm
Diameter2,5 cm
Characteristics
Pipe type insteekpijp
Pipe shape buisvorm
Materialbamboe (hout)
Techniquediverse
Colourgeel, bruin
Other materialsschildpad, ivoor (dierlijk materiaal), messing (metaal)
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContintentAzië
Region InternationalOost-Azië
CountryChina
Acquisition
Year 1996
Provenance Amsterdam, veilinghuis Sotheby's, lot 371
Comments
Vgl. APM 14.587bis bijbehorende ketel.
Literature
Don Duco, De attributen van de opiumschuiver. Amsterdam, 1997. afb 7. Dit exemplaar.
Don Duco, Opium & opiumschuiven, een bronnenboek. Amsterdam, 2006. p 126, foto 77. Dit exemplaar.
Exhibition
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, opiumvitrine, 1999-2013.
Amsterdam, Amsterdam Pipe Museum, permanente presentatie, opiumvitrine, v.a. 2013.

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