Tobacco pipe, Yawnghwe, 19th century
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
19th century
Tobacco pipe, Yawnghwe, 19th century is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated 19th century. The museum's brief description reads: Tobacco pipe and bowl, bamboo and stone, Burma, 19th century.
Museum description: The bowl of the tobacco pipe is of carved stone, with gold fore stem and bamboo main stem mounted with a copper band. Hour glass shaped grey stone with band of lotus petals; filigree ornamented fore stem, plain bamboo stem. The museum record gives material recorded as stone, bamboo, gold; measurements Length 26 in; Diameter l.20 in; Height l.50 in; place associated: Yawnghwe. These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- stone, bamboo, gold
- Dimensions
- Length 26 in; Diameter l.20 in; Height l.50 in
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- stone, gold, bamboo, copper
- Place recorded
- Yawnghwe
Identification
- Museum object name
- Tobacco pipe
- Museum object number
- IM.210-1927
- Museum system number
- O452437
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: confirm materials, dimensions, maker and wider type against the museum record and a specialist reference.