Museum number:
| APM 15.585 | 
Subcollection:
| opiumpijpen | 
Title:
| opiumpijp | 
Keyword:
| ivory button with mouse | 
Description:
| Opium pipe made of bamboo with a straight tube shape, painted with an imitation tortoise decor. Finger button of ivory with crescent shape on which a carved mouse between the grass. Saddle of pakton (Chinese silver) with rectangular shape on which a checked pane carries the weighted cuff for the damper. Stem end pakton straps and ivory disc shaped caps. | 
Date:
| Period | 1880 - 1920 | 
                        
                        Dimensions:
                    
| General | Length | 60,5 cm | 
| Diameter | 2,6 cm | 
				Characteristics
			
			| Pipe type | insteekpijp | 
| Pipe shape | buisvorm | 
| Material | bamboe (hout) | 
| Technique | geschilderd | 
| Colour | bruin | 
| Other materials | paktong (metaal), ivoor (dierlijk materiaal) | 
| Traces of use | gerookt | 
				Production
			
			| Contintent | Azië | 
| Region International | Oost-Azië | 
| Country | China | 
                Acquisition
            
            | Year | 1999 | 
| Provenance | Hertsberge, collectie Hugo Perquy, c. 1985-1999 | 
| Parijs, antiekhandel, c. 1985 | 
				Comments
			
			| De muis is een zogenaamde doormouse (shrew) of bergrat. | 
					Literature
				
				| Don Duco, Opium & opiumschuiven, een bronnenboek. Amsterdam, 2006. p 125, foto 76. Dit exemplaar. Idem, p 145, afb 102. Pommel. | 
					Exhibition
				
				| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, opiumvitrine, 1999-2013. | 
| Amsterdam, Amsterdam Pipe Museum, permanente presentatie, opiumvitrine, v.a. 2013. | 
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