Museum number:
| APM 14.356 |
Subcollection:
| clay pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| standing Mandarin |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of clay with large figural bowl, flat bottom without heel and short rising stem with stub. Bowl standing Mandarin dressed in long oriental robe with hat with hanging lap, a feather fan in the right hand. Octagonal stem with flower and leaf motif. Stub left embossed "GAMBIER", stub right "A PARIS". Painted enamel in yellow, blue, pink, green, white and black. |
Date:
| Period | 1860 - 1885 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 3.82 in (9.7 cm) |
| Width | 1.54 in (3.9 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.18 in (3 cm) |
| Weight | 117 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | pipe clay (ceramic) |
| Technique | press moulded |
| Colour | white |
| Finish | email, zes kleuren |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | France |
| Region national | Ardennes |
| Town | Givet |
| Maker | Gambier |
| Trade number | 416 |
| Trade name | mandarin, tête |
| Mark | JG (stempel, steel oz.) "GAMBIER" (reliëf, manchet il.) "A PARIS" (reliëf, manchet re.) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1995 |
| Provenance | Gisy-les-Nobles, Daniël Mazaleyrat |
| Parijs, collectie Bertrand Lazard, <1981-1995 |
Comments
| Afgebeeld in Pipe, the worldwide pipe smoker's magazine, vol 4, 1996, p 50, Famous Pipes, Pipes Célèbres, Pipas Famosas. Dit exemplaar. |
Literature
| Bernard Mamy, Eppe Ramazzotti, Pfeifen und Pfeifenraucher; Pfeifendunst und Pfeifenkunst. Geneva, 1982. p 83, foto (kleur). Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, tentoonstelling "Toppers, twee jaar aanwinsten Pijpenkabinet", voorjaar-zomer 1996. |
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, achterkamer, vitrine Frankrijk, v.a. 1999. |
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