SOLD Very Intense,Very Smoked Antique Meerschaum Pipe Bowl with Black Glass Eyes and Evocative Repairs logging rule like traditional Javanese shadow theatre

like traditional Javanese shadow theatre puppets

minor and not visible from the front

or football

representing the traditional costumes of different cultures from around the world--whether by a single maker or done after a pattern I am not entirely certain

Silk area only: 14 1/8" x 11

SOLD Very Intense,Very Smoked Antique Meerschaum Pipe Bowl with Black Glass Eyes and Evocative Repairs logging rule like traditional Javanese shadow theatreI am pretty certain this pipe bowl is 19th century meerschaum (meerschaum is a soft mineral called sepiolite, found in Europe, often carved into smoking pipes and other decorative objects) but the patina on it (if unsmoked it would appear white) is so dark (deeper than I have ever seen before), it is a bit hard to tell. And it is that near blackening from use, and the softening of the features from handling, and the wired repairs to the sides, that