Museum number:

APM 16.212

Subcollection:

pijpen overige materialen

Title:

tabakspijp

Keyword:

bust Mandarin

Description:

Tobacco pipe from coquia nut with figural bowl, flat bottom and ascending stem with stub. Bowl bust Chinese mandarin with hanging mustache, a cylindrical cap on the head with geometric decoration of bands and shields with feathers, bust with collar and mantle folds in geometric arrangement. Stem decorative band. Bowl internally white lime. Lid shaped on a lace with geometric bands, red copper locking chain.

Date:

Period 1790 - 1830


Dimensions:

BowlHeight13 cm
Width4 cm
StemLength7,5 cm
Characteristics
Pipe type manchetpijp
Pipe shape figuraal
Materialcoquillanoot (organisch materiaal)
Techniquegesneden
Colourbruin
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContintentEuropa
Region InternationalWest-Europa
CountryFrankrijk
Acquisition
Year 2001
Provenance Parijs, veilinghuis Nouveau Drouot, lot 410
La Crau, Bernard Mamy, winkelvoorraad, 2001
Comments
Gemaakt van drie aan elkaar bevestigde noten.
Literature
Don Duco, Hoogtepunten uit het Amsterdam Pipe Museum. Amsterdam, 2020. hoofdstuk: Mandarijn van coquillanoot. Dit exemplaar.
Exhibition
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, voorkamer, kabinetkast, 2001-2013.
Amsterdam, Amsterdam Pipe Museum, permanente presentatie, voorkamer, kabinetkast, v.a. 2013.

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