Museum number:

APM 15.585

Subcollection:

opiumpijpen

Title:

opiumpijp

Keyword:

ivory button with mouse

Description:

Opium pipe made of bamboo with a straight tube shape, painted with an imitation tortoise decor. Finger button of ivory with crescent shape on which a carved mouse between the grass. Saddle of pakton (Chinese silver) with rectangular shape on which a checked pane carries the weighted cuff for the damper. Stem end pakton straps and ivory disc shaped caps.

Date:

Period 1880 - 1920


Dimensions:

GeneralLength60,5 cm
Diameter2,6 cm
Characteristics
Pipe type insteekpijp
Pipe shape buisvorm
Materialbamboe (hout)
Techniquegeschilderd
Colourbruin
Other materialspaktong (metaal), ivoor (dierlijk materiaal)
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContintentAzië
Region InternationalOost-Azië
CountryChina
Acquisition
Year 1999
Provenance Hertsberge, collectie Hugo Perquy, c. 1985-1999
Parijs, antiekhandel, c. 1985
Comments
De muis is een zogenaamde doormouse (shrew) of bergrat.
Literature
Don Duco, Opium & opiumschuiven, een bronnenboek. Amsterdam, 2006. p 125, foto 76. Dit exemplaar. Idem, p 145, afb 102. Pommel.
Exhibition
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, opiumvitrine, 1999-2013.
Amsterdam, Amsterdam Pipe Museum, permanente presentatie, opiumvitrine, v.a. 2013.

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