Museum number:

APM 15.058

Subcollection:

ethnographic pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

Chinese water pipe

Description:

Water pipe made of pakton (Chinese silver) consisting of a rectangular box in which a pipe with ascending curved stem and rectangular water reservoir and a rectangular tobacco box with valve cover, between both two holders with rounded top edge containing smoke instruments. Between the tool an eye with a cord with a cap for the stem and a sawed-open plate. Lid tobacco box inside four rows of Chinese characters. White paktong, the box with enamel-cloisonné in multicolour depicting vases with and without prune branches, a scroll, a table, tripod and other objects.

Date:

Period 1870 - 1910


Dimensions:

GeneralHeight11.22 in (28.5 cm)
Width2.8 in (7.1 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type stem pipe
Pipe shape cylindrical
Materialpaktong (metal)
Techniquecast metal
Colourwhite
Other materialsfabric (fabric)
Finish email-cloisonné, meerkleuren
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentAsia
Region internationalEast Asia
CountryChina
Acquisition
Year 1990
Provenance Knowle, veilinghuis Phillips Midlands, 1990
Bramber, collectie Anthony Irving, House of Pipes, <1970-1989
Comments
Stichting Pijpenkabinet, ansichtkaart, 1998.
Literature
Georges F. Vandalis, Water Pipes. Athens, 2000. t.o. p 90 en 112. Dit exemplaar.
Don Duco, Opium & opiumschuiven, een bronnenboek. Amsterdam, 2006. p 119, foto 64. Dit exemplaar.
Exhibition
Leiden, Pijpenkabinet, tentoonstelling "Roken op z'n Chinees", 7 november - 24 december 1993.
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, overloop, vitrine Azië, v.a. 2001.

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