Museum number:

APM 15.097

Subcollection:

porcelain pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

head man with painted turban

Description:

Tobacco pipe made of porcelain with figural bowl, without heel and short rising stem without cuff. Bowl head of a man with moustache and beard, big pleated turban around the head. Painted in natural colours, the turban in light blue and yellow painted with multi-colored embroidery, the stem black with red lines. Flap cover in silver with almost flat top and discreet retaining spring, stem cuff with stem holder and small locking ring of silver.

Date:

Period 1830 - 1865


Dimensions:

BowlHeight3.39 in (8.6 cm)
Width2.68 in (6.8 cm)
StemLength2.36 in (6 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type stub stemmed pipe
Pipe shape figural
Materialporcelain (ceramic)
Techniqueslip cast
Colourwhite
Other materialssilver (metal)
Finish glazuur, meerkleuren
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryFrance
Region nationalSeine et Marne
TownFontainebleau
MakerJacob Petit (?)
Acquisition
Year 1996
Provenance Parijs, collectie Bertrand Lazard, 1976-1996
Parijs, Denise Corbier, 1976
Literature
Bernard Mamy, Eppe Ramazzotti, Pipes et fumeurs de pipes; un art, des collections. Paris, 1981. p 86. Tête de pipe en porcelaine, barbu au turban bleu et jaune, attribuée à Jacob Petit, collection privée. Dit exemplaar.
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 38, afb 10. Dit exemplaar (rechts).
Exhibition
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 7, v.a. 2001.

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