Museum number:

APM 13.737

Subcollection:

opium pipes

Title:

opium damper

Keyword:

dashes and dots, Javanese type

Description:

Opiumpijpenkop van aardewerk met bolvormige kop met tuitvormige ketel op ceramische stam. Ketel rondom concentrische baan ingedrukte streepjes en stippen. Steeleind zadelvormige rest opiumteer.

Date:

Period 1880 - 1930


Dimensions:

GeneralHeight2.09 in (5.3 cm)
Diameter1.73 in (4.4 cm)
Weight32 gram
Characteristics
Pipe type insert pipe
Pipe shape bulbous
Materialpottery (ceramic)
Techniquethrown (potters' wheel)
Colourbrown black
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentAsia
Region internationalSouth East Asia
CountryIndonesia
Region nationalJava
Acquisition
Year 1994
Provenance Solo, antiekmarkt Triwindu
Solo, antiekhandel, 1994

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