Museum number:

APM 1.201

Subcollection:

ethnographic pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

water pipe bowl with flutes and gold leaf

Description:

Bowl of a hookah or water pipe made of ceramic consisting of a funnel-shaped top with flat ring in the trunk with pearls placed on a loose base with wreath with carved grunts. Turntable pottery with carved decoration. Polished and gilded. Dish incised signature "77".

Date:

Period 1860 - 1890


Dimensions:

GeneralHeight3.66 in (9.3 cm)
Diameter2.95 in (7.5 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type stub stemmed pipe
Pipe shape funnel shape
Materialpottery (ceramic)
Techniquethrown (potters' wheel), carved
Colourred
Finish engobe, rood, bladgoud
Traces of use ongerookt
Production
ContinentAsia
Region internationalWestern Asia
CountryTurkey
Region nationalIstanbul (province)
TownIstanbul
Mark 77 (ingekrast, schotel)
Acquisition
Year 1986
Provenance Parijs, antiekwinkel rue de Rivoli
Parijs, collectie Sommer, <1920-1986
Literature
Benedict Goes (Benedict Goes), 25 eeuwen roken; De verwonderlijke vormgeving van de pijp. , 1993. p 65, foto. Dit exemplaar.
Benedict Goes (Benedict Goes), The Intriguing Design of Tobacco Pipes. Leiden, 1993. p 65, foto. Dit exemplaar.
Don Duco, The ubiquitos clay pipe. ParisThe Pipe Year Book 2001, /, 2001. p 62. Dit exemplaar.
Exhibition
Leiden, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, vitrine etnografie, 4 juni 1986 - 31 december 1993.
Wenen, Österreichisches Tabakmuseum, tentoonstelling "Die 2000 Jährige Geschichte der Tonpfeifen", 23 juni 1994 - 10 september 1994.
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 9, v.a. 2001.

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