A LONG OTTOMAN SMOKING PIPE (CHIBOUK) Turkey, 20th century
A LONG OTTOMAN SMOKING PIPE (CHIBOUK) Turkey, 20th century
The long cane partially made of cherry wood and partially of straw strips interwoven with silk threads creating diamond-shaped cartouches of geometric motifs, the furnace overlaid in silver sheets, the mouthpiece decorated with a tubular resin bead imitating yellow amber, mounted on a stand, 133cm long excluding the stand.
Provenance: Armand Arcache, Beirut, Lebanon, Orients: Collection de Jean-Louis Mainguy, 17 February 2019, lot 64.