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Pipe

Dutch
17th century

Medium/Technique Boxwood
Dimensions Length: 65 cm (25 9/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Eric R. Kaufman
Accession Number2012.1174
CollectionsEurope

DescriptionThe shaft elaborately turned and carved with figures playing musical instruments, soldiers bearing arms, and a battle scene with mounted riders. The bowl is carved with a battle between Europeans and Turks, the underside carved with an acanthus leaf.
ProvenanceRudolf J. Heinemann (b. 1902 – d. 1975), and Lore Heinemann (d. 1996), New York; January 28, 1998, Heinemann and others sale, Christie’s, New York, lot 138. 1998, Julius Böhler (dealer), Munich; February 23, 1999, sold by Böhler to Eric R. Kaufman, New York; 2012, year-end gift of Eric Kaufman to the MFA. (Accession date: February 27, 2013)