Museum number:
| APM 1.201 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| water pipe bowl with flutes and gold leaf |
Description:
| Bowl of a hookah or water pipe made of ceramic consisting of a funnel-shaped top with flat ring in the trunk with pearls placed on a loose base with wreath with carved grunts. Turntable pottery with carved decoration. Polished and gilded. Dish incised signature "77". |
Date:
| Period | 1860 - 1890 |
Dimensions:
| General | Height | 3.66 in (9.3 cm) |
| Diameter | 2.95 in (7.5 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | funnel shape |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | thrown (potters' wheel), carved |
| Colour | red |
| Finish | engobe, rood, bladgoud |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | Asia |
| Region international | Western Asia |
| Country | Turkey |
| Region national | Istanbul (province) |
| Town | Istanbul |
| Mark | 77 (ingekrast, schotel) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1986 |
| Provenance | Parijs, antiekwinkel rue de Rivoli |
| Parijs, collectie Sommer, <1920-1986 |
Literature
| Benedict Goes, 25 eeuwen roken; De verwonderlijke vormgeving van de pijp. , 1993. p 65, foto. Dit exemplaar. |
| Benedict Goes, The Intriguing Design of Tobacco Pipes. Leiden, 1993. p 65, foto. Dit exemplaar. |
| Don Duco, The ubiquitos clay pipe. ParisThe Pipe Year Book 2001, /, 2001. p 62. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Leiden, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, vitrine etnografie, 4 juni 1986 - 31 december 1993. |
| Wenen, Österreichisches Tabakmuseum, tentoonstelling "Die 2000 Jährige Geschichte der Tonpfeifen", 23 juni 1994 - 10 september 1994. |
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 9, v.a. 2001. |
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