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:
General | Height | 4.45 in (11.3 cm) |
Bowl | Height | 2.95 in (7.5 cm) |
Width | 2.17 in (5.5 cm) | |
Stem | Length | 2.36 in (6 cm) |
Characteristics
Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
Pipe shape | figural |
Material | porcelain (ceramic) |
Technique | slip cast |
Colour | white |
Other materials | silver (metal) |
Finish | glazuur, meerkleuren |
Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
Continent | Europe |
Region international | Western Europe |
Country | Germany |
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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