Museum number:

APM 12.654

Subcollection:

opium pipes

Title:

opium pipe bowl

Keyword:

opium damper, landscape

Description:

Opium pipe bowl or damper made of stoneware with four beveled sides and swiveled corners, the surfaces in relief four representations of natural landscape, mountain landscape with houses, a reed group and six characters. Top side a protruding circular middle section with a button edge on the partition and central the bowl for burning the opium. Brass holder with short stem. Bowl top a brass rim. Painting enamel in red, green, blue and brown on the relief.

Date:

Period 1850 - 1900


Dimensions:

GeneralHeight2.17 in (5.5 cm)
Diameter2.28 in (5.8 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type insert pipe
Pipe shape square
Materialstoneware, yixing (ceramic)
Techniquepressed
Colourred
Other materialsbrass (metal)
Finish schilderemail, meerkleuren
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentAsia
Region internationalEast Asia
CountryChina
Mark (karakters) (reliëf, ketel)
Acquisition
Year 1991
Provenance Parijs, Dominique Delalande, Louvre des antiquaires
Londen, Paul Bentley, <1982-1990
Londen, Jermynstreet, Astley's, <1930-1950>
Londen, collectie William Astley, c. 1920
Comments
Merken: 福雲烟。 湘渔?作  (Fuyun opium, made by Xiang Yu (?)]
Literature
Don Duco, Opium & opiumschuiven, een bronnenboek. Amsterdam, 2006. p 206, afb 218. Dit exemplaar (rechts op standaard).
Exhibition
Leiden, Pijpenkabinet, tentoonstelling "Roken op z'n Chinees", 7 november - 24 december 1993.
Wenen, Österreichisches Tabakmuseum, tentoonstelling "Die 2000 Jährige Geschichte der Tonpfeifen", 23 juni 1994 - 10 september 1994.
Wenen, Österreichisches Tabakmuseum, tentoonstelling "Die 2000 Jährige Geschichte der Tonpfeifen", 23 juni 1994 - 10 september 1994.
Wenen, Österreichisches Tabakmuseum, tentoonstelling "Die 2000 Jährige Geschichte der Tonpfeifen", 23 juni 1994 - 10 september 1994.
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, opiumvitrine, 1999-2013.
Amsterdam, Amsterdam Pipe Museum, permanente presentatie, opiumvitrine, v.a. 2013.

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