Focus on Tea Drinkers

3 marzo 2025

In our central display case, we will put the spotlight on a special porcelain pipe bowl for some weeks to come. This is a recent acquisition of the greatest sophistication. The pipe has a subtle relief of rocailles in the purest rococo style. A painting of a tea-drinking family has been applied to the flat field in the centre of this decoration. The dating of this precious pipe bowl corresponds to the heyday of the rococo, the 1730’s. In addition to this pipe, we are showing several similar models with equally lovely decorations, now with flowers in different styles. One of these is in typical Japanese painting style, with several branches in the so-called kakiemon style. These porcelain pipes can be seen from March 3^rd to May 4^th in the main room of the Amsterdam Pipe Museum.

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