Museum number:

APM 7.689

Subcollection:

opium pipes

Title:

opium damper

Keyword:

plain

Description:

Opiumpijpenkop van aardewerk met achthoekige platte doosvorm ketel met centraal kleine conische ketel, vlakke onderzijde en rechte steel met smalle bandvormige manchet. Onversierd.

Date:

Period 1840 - 1920


Dimensions:

BowlHeight1.14 in (2.9 cm)
Width1.97 in (5 cm)
StemLength1.38 in (3.5 cm)
Weight102 gram
Characteristics
Pipe type stub stemmed pipe
Pipe shape ocatagonal
Materialpottery (ceramic)
Techniquehand-formed
Colourbrownish red
Traces of use ongerookt
Production
ContinentAsia
Region internationalEast Asia
CountryChina (?)
Acquisition
Year 1981
Provenance Amsterdam, Tine Lambregts, Rarekiek
Bangkok, straathandel, 1980
Exhibition
Leiden, Pijpenkabinet, tentoonstelling "Roken op z'n Chinees", 7 november - 24 december 1993.

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