Museum number:
| APM 15.080 |
Subcollection:
| porcelain pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| head oriental woman |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of porcelain with figural bowl, without heel and slightly rising stem without flare at the end. Bowl head of an Oriental woman in Turkish costume with turban with round pin on the front, pebbly earrings. Stem near the bowl embossed pleated band. Painting in natural colours, the turban with purple dots, red pin, earrings yellow. Original mounting with silver valve cover on which a centrally cut ruby and cuff band with stem holder and locking ring. |
Date:
| Period | 1770 - 1780 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 2.6 in (6.6 cm) |
| Width | 1.69 in (4.3 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.97 in (5 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | porcelain (ceramic) |
| Technique | printing mould |
| Colour | white |
| Other materials | silver (metal), ruby (stone) |
| Finish | glazuur, meerkleuren |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | Germany |
| Region national | Thuringia |
| Town | Veilsdorf |
| Maker | Closter Veilsdorf |
Acquisition
| Year | 1996 |
| Provenance | Parijs, collectie Bertrand Lazard, 1975-1996 |
| Parijs, Denise Corbier, 1975 |
Comments
| Vgl. APM 15.079 de mannelijke tegenhanger van dezelfde ontwerper. Morgenroth, (Rauchzeichen), 2021, p 225, noot 412. Vermelding van deze pijpenkop. |
Literature
| D.H. Duco (Don Duco), Van vorstengeschenk tot volksobject; De historie van de porseleinen tabakspijp. Vormen uit Vuur, Mededelingenblad Nederlandse Vrienden van de Ceramiek, /165, 1998. p 35, afb 3. Dit exemplaar (boven). |
| Don Duco, The Turkish mode in porcelain pipes. ParisLe Livre de la Pipe 1999, /, 1999. p 148. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 7, v.a. 2001. |
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