Museum number:

APM 21.186

Subcollection:

porcelain pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

head man with turban

Description:

Tobacco pipe in porcelain with figural bowl, flat bottom and ascending stem widening towards the stub. Bowl head of a Turk or Arab with moustache and square beard, a turban on the head, painted in natural colours, the skin brown, the stem end orange-brown. Original mounting with silver lid with a large crescent moon, the clamping spring a ram's head, stem end silver cuff edge with leaf motifs.

Date:

Period 1825 - 1845


Dimensions:

GeneralHeight4.45 in (11.3 cm)
BowlHeight2.95 in (7.5 cm)
Width2.17 in (5.5 cm)
StemLength2.36 in (6 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type stub stemmed pipe
Pipe shape figural
Materialporcelain (ceramic)
Techniqueslip cast
Colourwhite
Other materialssilver (metal)
Finish glazuur, meerkleuren
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryGermany
Acquisition
Year 2012
Provenance 's-Graveland, Arjan de Haan
Verenigde Staten, internethandel, 2012
Comments
Afgebeeld is vermoedelijk Ibrahim Pacha, zoon van Mohammed Ali, koning van Egypte (1789-1848). Als aanvoerder van het Egyptische leger veroverde hij in 1824 Griekenland en in 1831 Syrië.

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