Museum number:
| APM 2.527 |
Subcollection:
| opium pipes |
Title:
| opium pipe |
Keyword:
| embossed silver and ivory |
Description:
Opium pipe made of ivory with straight stem consisting of three segments with disks at both ends, silver bands on the four welds, two broad with branches with leaves and two narrow at the ends with swastika motif. Saddle of hammered silver with low left two Chinese people in a landscape, further blossom branches with birds. Pearl rim around the holder for the pipe bowl. |
Date:
| Period | 1870 - 1900 |
Dimensions:
| General | Length | 22.64 in (57.5 cm) |
| Diameter | 1.02 in (2.6 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | tubular pipe |
| Material | ivory (animal material) |
| Technique | chased / embossed |
| Colour | ivory yellow |
| Other materials | silver (metal) |
| Other colours | white |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Asia |
| Region international | East Asia |
| Country | China |
Acquisition
| Year | 1993 |
| Provenance | Parijs, antiekmarkt Porte de Vanves |
| Parijs, antiekhandel, 1993 |
Literature
| Don Duco, De attributen van de opiumschuiver. Amsterdam, 1997. afb 4. Dit exemplaar. |
| Don Duco, Opium & opiumschuiven, een bronnenboek. Amsterdam, 2006. p 127, foto 80. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Leiden, Pijpenkabinet, tentoonstelling "Roken op z'n Chinees", 7 november - 24 december 1993. |
| Wenen, Österreichisches Tabakmuseum, tentoonstelling "Die 2000 Jährige Geschichte der Tonpfeifen", 23 juni 1994 - 10 september 1994. |
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, opiumvitrine, 1999-2013. |
| Amsterdam, Amsterdam Pipe Museum, permanente presentatie, opiumvitrine, v.a. 2013. |
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