Museum number:
| APM 13.634 |
Subcollection:
| opium pipes |
Title:
| opium pipe |
Keyword:
| cloisonné stem with flowers |
Description:
Opium pipe made of cloisonné with tubular stem with winding branch with roses in blue, pink and red on a turquoise background. Inconspicuous nozzle of ivory and ivory end piece in the form of a fist, in which the opium damper is placed, bowl holder bottom carved yin yang ornament. |
Date:
| Period | 1890 - 1920 |
Dimensions:
| General | Height | 1.34 in (3.4 cm) |
| Length | 15.51 in (39.4 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | insert pipe |
| Pipe shape | hand modelled |
| Material | copper (metal) |
| Technique | miscellaneous, cloissoné enamel |
| Colour | polychrome |
| Other materials | ivory (animal material) |
| Finish | email, meerkleuren |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Asia |
| Region international | East Asia |
| Country | China |
Acquisition
| Year | 1993 |
| Provenance | Parijs, Paul Bert, marché aux puces |
| Parijs, antiekhandel, 1993 |
Comments
| Vgl. APM 13.634bis beschrijving ketel. |
Literature
| Don Duco, Opium & opiumschuiven, een bronnenboek. Amsterdam, 2006. p 133, foto 87. Dit exemplaar. Idem, p 149, afb 107. Detail ketelhouder onderzijde. |
| Don Duco, Keramische hoogstandjes voor opiumschuivers. AmsterdamTribale kunst, 9/4, 2021. p 27, afb. Dit exemplaar (spiegelbeeldig). |
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. |
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, tentoonstelling "Toppers, twee jaar aanwinsten Pijpenkabinet", voorjaar-zomer 1996. |
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, opiumvitrine, 1999-2013. |
| Amsterdam, Amsterdam Pipe Museum, permanente presentatie, opiumvitrine, v.a. 2013. |
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