Museum number:

APM 21.186

Subcollection:

porseleinen pijpen

Title:

tabakspijp

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:

GeneralHeight11,3 cm
BowlHeight7,5 cm
Width5,5 cm
StemLength6 cm
Characteristics
Pipe type manchetpijp
Pipe shape figuraal
Materialporselein (ceramiek)
Techniquegegoten ceramiek
Colourwit
Other materialszilver (metaal)
Finish glazuur, meerkleuren
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContintentEuropa
Region InternationalWest-Europa
CountryDuitsland
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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