Tobacco pipe with blue enamel on fitments infilled (Chinese or Korean)

Made:
1830-1910 in China and Korea
Tobacco pipe, long tortoise shell covered wood stem

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Tobacco pipe, long tortoise shell covered wood stem
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Tobacco pipe, long tortoise shell covered wood stem, metal bowl and mouthpiece fitments, infilled engraving with blue enamel on fitments, Korean or Chinese, 1830-1910

Details

Category:
Asian Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A76243
Materials:
complete, wood, tortoiseshell, metal and enamel
Measurements:
overall: 1033 mm
stem: 9 mm,
bowl aperture: 15 mm,
bowl: 34 mm
type:
tobacco pipe
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)