Museum number:
| APM 16.212 |
Subcollection:
| pipes various materials |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| bust Mandarin |
Description:
Tobacco pipe from coquia nut with figural bowl, flat bottom and ascending stem with stub. Bowl bust Chinese mandarin with hanging mustache, a cylindrical cap on the head with geometric decoration of bands and shields with feathers, bust with collar and mantle folds in geometric arrangement. Stem decorative band. Bowl internally white lime. Lid shaped on a lace with geometric bands, red copper locking chain. |
Date:
| Period | 1790 - 1830 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 5.12 in (13 cm) |
| Width | 1.57 in (4 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 2.95 in (7.5 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | coquilla nut (organic material) |
| Technique | carved |
| Colour | brown |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | France |
Acquisition
| Year | 2001 |
| Provenance | Parijs, veilinghuis Nouveau Drouot, lot 410 |
| La Crau, Bernard Mamy, winkelvoorraad, 2001 |
Comments
| Gemaakt van drie aan elkaar bevestigde noten. |
Literature
| Don Duco, Hoogtepunten uit het Amsterdam Pipe Museum. Amsterdam, 2020. hoofdstuk: Mandarijn van coquillanoot. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, voorkamer, kabinetkast, 2001-2013. |
| Amsterdam, Amsterdam Pipe Museum, permanente presentatie, voorkamer, kabinetkast, v.a. 2013. |
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