MBSD Meerschaum Masters, XXL Viking Woman, Block Meerschaum Pipe, New

Description

MBSD Meerschaum Masters is our line for special, typically figural, meerschaum pipes carved by some of today’s greatest living meerschaum carvers. For this pipe, we enlisted the services of Turkish master Kenan.

The closest classical art form to meerschaum carving is sculpture. In this instance, the closest analog in the sculptural arts as classically defined, is the bust. By this I mean depictions of the upper torso of human figures, rather than other body parts. For about as long as meerschaum pipes have been made, carvers have been sculpting them in human forms, typically famous figures of an era (such as nobility), or cultural archetypes (such as the sultan or the pirate). This pipe, from Eskişehir’s master Kenan, is carved in the form of a viking warrioress, including period attire. I find can always tell how good an artist – in whichever art form – is by looking at their ability to represent hair. The free-flowing and braided hair sections on this young woman are particularly impressive, as is the rest of the figure.

Details:

Length: 9.4″ / 238.7mm

Bowl Width: 0.91 / 23.11mm

Bowl Depth: 2.56″ / 65.02mm

Weight: 5.7oz / 164g