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A sculpture of a light-skin figure in historical clothing holding a pipe.
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  • A sculpture of a light-skin figure in historical clothing holding a pipe.

Unknown Maker, Italian

Youth Holding a Pipe
Now On View

Maker

Unknown Maker, Italian

Culture

Italian

Title

Youth Holding a Pipe

Year

ca. 1770

Medium

  • Porcelain with glaze and enamels

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Porcelain with glaze and enamels

Materials

porcelain

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Bequest of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich

Object Number

55.202.2

Type

  • Ceramics

Publications

  • Books

The Lucy Truman Aldrich Collection of European Porcelain Figures of the Eighteenth Century

Exhibition History

Trading Earth
Ceramics, Commodities, and Commerce
Apr 09, 2022 – Aug 03, 2025

Label copy

Used to smoke tobacco or opium, water pipes and hookahs cool the smoke without diluting its strength or flavor, thus providing a smoother inhalation.

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Unknown Maker, Italian
Youth Holding a Pipe, ca. 1770
Porcelain with glaze and enamels
Bequest of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich 55.202.2

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