Museum number:

APM 14.588

Subcollection:

opiumpijpen

Title:

opiumpijp

Keyword:

turned buffalo horn

Description:

Opium pipe made of buffalo horn with tubular stem of turned segments built up of alternating four and two knots each. Carved finger support behind the saddle related to the shield shape of a beetle. Saddle of silver with rectangular shape with a flower-like structure on which the bowl holder with thin cuff edge.

Date:

Period 1875 - 1910


Dimensions:

GeneralLength54,5 cm
Diameter3,1 cm
Characteristics
Pipe type insteekpijp
Pipe shape buisvorm
Materialbuffelhoorn (dierlijk materiaal)
Techniquegedraaid (draaibank)
Colourbruin
Other materialszilver (metaal)
Other coloursblank
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContintentAzië
Region InternationalOost-Azië
CountryChina
Acquisition
Year 1996
Provenance Amsterdam, veilinghuis Sotheby's, lot 372
Comments
Vgl. APM 14.588bis beschrijving ketel.
Literature
Don Duco, De attributen van de opiumschuiver. Amsterdam, 1997. afb 6. Dit exemplaar.
Don Duco, Opium & opiumschuiven, een bronnenboek. Amsterdam, 2006. p 130, foto 83. Dit exemplaar.
Exhibition
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, opiumvitrine, 1999-2013.
Amsterdam, Amsterdam Pipe Museum, permanente presentatie, opiumvitrine, v.a. 2013.

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