Museum number:
| APM 21.566 |
Subcollection:
| porcelain pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| bust Abd-El-Kader |
Description:
Porcelain tobacco pipe with hollow-walled figural bowl, flat bottom and ascending stem with stub. Bowl bust of Abd-El-Kader with small moustache, turban, a slightly conical bust with embroidered clothes. Remarkably shallow bowl. Unpainted so-called blanc de Chine version. |
Date:
| Period | 1835 - 1855 |
Dimensions:
| General | Height | 4.8 in (12.2 cm) |
| Bowl | Height | 3.94 in (10 cm) |
| Width | 2.44 in (6.2 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 2.76 in (7 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | porcelain, blanc de Chine (ceramic) |
| Technique | slip cast |
| Colour | white |
| Finish | glazuur, transparant |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | France |
Acquisition
| Year | 2013 |
| Provenance | Parijs, Piasa, veilinghuis Nouveau Drouot, lot 59 |
| Gisy-les-Nobles, Daniel Mazaleyrat, <1980-2009 |
Comments
| Vgl. APM 1.092 de oorspronkelijke modellering door Fiolet en het voorbeeld voor deze pijp. |
Literature
| Don Duco, Porseleinen figuurpijpen, niet altijd een originele inspiratie. Amsterdam, 2017. afb 8. Dit exemplaar. |
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