Museum number:
| APM 14.588 |
Subcollection:
| opium pipes |
Title:
| opium pipe |
Keyword:
| turned buffalo horn |
Description:
Opium pipe made of buffalo horn with tubular stem of turned segments built up of alternating four and two knots each. Carved finger support behind the saddle related to the shield shape of a beetle. Saddle of silver with rectangular shape with a flower-like structure on which the bowl holder with thin cuff edge. |
Date:
| Period | 1875 - 1910 |
Dimensions:
| General | Length | 21.46 in (54.5 cm) |
| Diameter | 1.22 in (3.1 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | insert pipe |
| Pipe shape | tubular |
| Material | buffalo horn (animal material) |
| Technique | turned (on a lathe) |
| Colour | brown |
| Other materials | silver (metal) |
| Other colours | white |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Asia |
| Region international | East Asia |
| Country | China |
Acquisition
| Year | 1996 |
| Provenance | Amsterdam, veilinghuis Sotheby's, lot 372 |
Comments
| Vgl. APM 14.588bis beschrijving ketel. |
Literature
| Don Duco, De attributen van de opiumschuiver. Amsterdam, 1997. afb 6. Dit exemplaar. |
| Don Duco, Opium & opiumschuiven, een bronnenboek. Amsterdam, 2006. p 130, foto 83. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, opiumvitrine, 1999-2013. |
| Amsterdam, Amsterdam Pipe Museum, permanente presentatie, opiumvitrine, v.a. 2013. |
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