Museum number:
APM 15.242 |
Subcollection:
ceramic pipes |
Title:
tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
bust emir with mustache and goatee |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of earthenware with figural bowl, without heel and up going stem with stub. Bowl bust of an emir with moustache and goatee, turban on the head and bust with chest strap in between, a pendant with a medallion with geometric motif around the neck and a cloak trimmed with fur. Bowl underside serrated leaf. Yellow clay with marble coloured engobe in light and dark brown beige, covered with transparent glaze, eyes, eyebrows, moustache and goatee accentuated with black. |
Date:
Period | 1835 - 1885 |
Dimensions:
Bowl | Height | 4.21 in (10.7 cm) |
Width | 1.81 in (4.6 cm) | |
Stem | Length | 1.97 in (5 cm) |
Characteristics
Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
Pipe shape | figural |
Material | pottery (ceramic) |
Technique | slip cast |
Colour | beige |
Finish | glazuur, meerkleuren |
Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
Continent | Europe |
Region international | Western Europe |
Country | France (?) |
Acquisition
Year | 1998 |
Provenance | Amsterdam, Ronald Klein |
Amsterdam, particulier bezit, 1998, prijs Dfl. 45,- |
Exhibition
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 8, v.a. 2001. |
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