Lot 471: An Amber Smoking Pipe with Carved Talon Bowl,...
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An Amber Smoking Pipe with Carved Talon Bowl, 19th Century.
A large, sculptural smoking pipe featuring a long tapered amber stem of warm honey-to-russet tone, joining a dramatic bowl carved as a raptor’s talon clasping an ovoid. The talon shows crisp overlapping scales and sweeping claws, with a domed, wave-carved collar at the stem junction. Presented in a shaped, fitted hard case conforming to the outline of the pipe.
L: Approximately 40cm
Provenance: Private collection from a distinguished W London collector.
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