Museum number:
| APM 13.740 |
Subcollection:
| opium pipes |
Title:
| opium pipe |
Keyword:
| plain, Javanese type |
Description:
Opium pipe made of earthenware with spherical damper with spout-shaped bowl on short straight stem. Undecorated. Original straight bamboo stem, peeled on the outside with a knife. |
Date:
| Period | 1880 - 1930 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 2.2 in (5.6 cm) |
| Width | 1.93 in (4.9 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 14.29 in (36.3 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | insert pipe |
| Pipe shape | bulbous |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | thrown (potters' wheel) |
| Colour | black, brown |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Asia |
| Region international | South East Asia |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Region national | Java |
Acquisition
| Year | 1994 |
| Provenance | Yogyakarta, antiekwinkel Jalan Tirto Dipuran |
| Yogyakarta, particulier bezit, <1980-1993 |
Literature
| Don Duco, Opium & opiumschuiven, een bronnenboek. Amsterdam, 2006. p 120, foto 65. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, tentoonstelling "Toppers, twee jaar aanwinsten Pijpenkabinet", voorjaar-zomer 1996. |
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, opiumvitrine, 1999-2013. |
| Amsterdam, Amsterdam Pipe Museum, permanente presentatie, opiumvitrine, v.a. 2013. |
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