Opium Pipe With Stand
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Sep 1989
label: Collection Date
content: 1947
name: label: Collector
content: Vorda Honnold
label: Donor Name
content: Vorda Honnold
notes: label: Notes
content: 1/2 OPIUM PIPE WITH CARVED IVORY STEM, INCISED AND PAINTED WITH LANDSCAPE SCENES, FRUIT, & PLANT IMAGES. NEAR THE MOUTH PIECE IS A SIGNATURE SEAL AND AN INSCRIPTION WHICH TRANSLATES APPROXIMATELY AS: THIS PIPE HAS BEEN SPECIALLY COMMISSIONED BY THE GUESTS FOR THEIR GENTLEMAN HOST; WITH REFERENCES TO A NEARBY LAKE, WHERE THE GUESTS AND THEIR HOST WERE WATCHING BIRDS FLY BY; THE LAKE IS SAID TO BE NEAR HANGCHOU. (ACCORDING TO APPRAISAL BY ELISABETH WEIKERT DOUGLAS-SEE ACCESSION FILE). BROWN-GLAZED PORCELAIN PIPE BOWL WITH PAINTED DECORATION OF FISHING AND LANDSCAPE SCENES, ATTACHED TO THE STEM WITH PEWTER MOUNTING. ACCORDING TO APPRAISAL DATES TO 18TH OR EARLY 19TH CENTURY QING DYNASTY. 2/2 ROSEWOOD BASE OR STAND, MADE TO HOLD THE PIPE, POSSIBLY IN THE 1940'S, WHEN THE DONOR ACQUIRED THE PIPE.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Aug 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Shanghai, China, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Chinese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 364394
label: USNM Number
content: E425669-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Opium Pipe
physicalDescription: label: Length - Pipe
content: 51.3 cm
label: Width - Bowl
content: 4.7 cm