Museum number:
| APM 15.136 |
Subcollection:
| ceramic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| bust emir |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of stoneware with figural bowl, without heel and up going stem, widening to an inconspicuous stub. Bowl bust of a sultan with moustache and goatee, turban on the head, bust with embroidered shirt with two daggers between the cummerbund, the bust fringed by a fur collar. Bust underside incised leaf motif. Stem fluted. Greywhite clay painted with blue, pink and brown. |
Date:
| Period | 1820 - 1870 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 3.78 in (9.6 cm) |
| Width | 2.01 in (5.1 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.57 in (4 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | stoneware (ceramic) |
| Technique | pressed, modeled |
| Colour | blue white |
| Finish | glazuur, meerkleuren |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | France (?) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1996 |
| Provenance | Parijs, collectie Bertrand Lazard, 1983-1996 |
| Parijs, veilinghuis Nouveau Drouot, 1983, lot 205 (Coll. Docteur G.), opbrengst Ffr. 4.800 (Dfl. 1.585,-) |
Literature
| Anoniem, Pipes Anciennes dont une exceptionnelle collection de pipes de porcelaine appartenant au Docteur G... (érotiques, corporations, militaires), pipes d'écume de mer et ambre, pipes en bois sculpté, pipes à opium. Paris, 1983. p 20, lot 205, afbeelding op kaft. Dit exemplaar. 1 tête de porcelaine représentant "un sultan barbu et mouctachu". Décor polychrome. Feuilles d'acanthes sous la crosse, 1ère moitié du XIXème siècle. Opbrengst FF 4800. |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 8, v.a. 2001. |
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