Museum number:

APM 2.030

Subcollection:

opium pipes

Title:

opium pipe

Keyword:

saddle with bats

Description:

Opium pipe made of bamboo with a long thin straight stem, so-called lady's pipe with bamboo loot as finger support, silver saddle and on both ends silver straps and ivory disks. Saddle hammered silver rimmed with five bats with spread wings, in the centre on a swastika decorated field two stylized characters. Straps at both stem ends alternating a character and a circular stylized character.

Date:

Period 1880 - 1920


Dimensions:

GeneralLength23.62 in (60 cm)
Diameter0.71 in (1.8 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type insert pipe
Pipe shape tubular
Materialbamboo (wood)
Techniquecarved
Colourbrown
Other materialsivory (animal material), silver (metal)
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentAsia
Region internationalEast Asia
CountryChina
Acquisition
Year 2002
Provenance Amsterdam, Ferry Bertholet
Parijs, particulier bezit, <1990-2002
Comments
Vgl. APM 2.030bis de ketel.
Literature
Don Duco, Opium & opiumschuiven, een bronnenboek. Amsterdam, 2006. p 123, foto 71. Dit exemplaar. Idem, p 141, afb 95. Alleen het zadel.
Exhibition
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, overloop, vitrine Azië, v.a. 2001.

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