HUGE ROMAN SOLDIER WITH NUDE CAPTIVE.
THE ARTIST:
ISMAIL OZEL ALSO KNOW AS "THE ARTIST"
PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS THE MASTER OF THE MASTERS!
(PASSED AWAY IN 2012)
HE TAUGHT CARVING TO EDUCATE YOUNG TALENTED CARVERS WHO ARE NOW AMOUNG THE BEST CARVERS!
(H. COR A MASTER ARTISAN AND OTHERS WERE TRAINED BY HIM)
THE PIPE:
VERY LARGE SCENE SHOWING A ROMAN SOLDIER
DISRESPECTING A NUDE CAPTIVE.
GREAT FACIAL CARVING AND DETAILED FINGERS, TOES, ROMAN ERA
CLOTHING.
BRASS TRIMMING WITH A PIPE BOWL COVER.
SIGNED "ARTIST ISMAIL".
SIZE = 13 1/2" LONG ASSEMBLED, 7" HIGH FROM THE SOLDERS HEAD TO THE BASE, 3 1/2" WIDE.
IT'S A SITTER!
BOWL IS 1 3/8" DIAMETER, SMOKING CHAMBER IS 7/8" WITH A DEPTH OF 2 1/4".
THE WOOD CASE:
COMES IN A WOODEN CASE (TOP IS BIRDSEYE MAPLE) WITH A PADDED MOLDED INTERIOR TO FIT THE PIPE IN THREE PIECES.
SIZE = 9 1/2" x 10" x 5".
THE CASE HAS A HANDLE AND HINGE TO SECURE THE TOP.
THE GLASS CASE:
NOT INCLUDED BUT BRASS PLATE IS INCLUDED.
WOODEN BRIAR BOWL, SHOWN IN FIRST PICTURE IS NOT INCLUDED.
THE VALUE:
THIS PIPE WAS APPRAISED IN 1989 BY IRVING KORN OF THE ROYAL MEERSCHAUM PIPE COMPANY IN CALIFORNIA. (SEE DOCUMENT OF APPRIASAL PICTURED).
THE KORN FAMILY ARE CONSIDERED TO BE THE PIONEERS OF IMPORTING MEERSCHAUM PIPES TO THE UNITED STATES AND ARE CONSIDERED BY MANY TO BE THE FOREMOST EXPERTS ON MEERSCHAUM PIPES.
THIS PIPE WAS APPRAISED IN 1989, 32 YEARS AGO, FOR A VALUE OF $2,250.00. TODAY'S VALUE WOULD EQUAL $5,557.50 TAKING INTO ACCOUNT FORWARD CALCULATIONS AS PER THE INTERNET, SEVERAL SOURCES.
ALSO INCLUDED IS A PICTURE OF ISMAIL OZEL IN HIS WORKSHOP.
NOTE:
"In Pipe Digest #188, article written about a "football-sized" Anthony
and Cleopatra, carved by Ismail Ozel and selling for $15,000, that is reported to be one of the largest Meerschaums in the U.S.
Pipes Digest #188 - May 4, 1995"
PIPE IN BOX WEIGHT = 3 LBS. 5OZ.
MEERSCHAUM PART IS 13 OUNCES.
THE AVERAGE MEERSCHAUM PIPE WEIGHS
ABOUT 1.8 Ounces.
THIS PIPE WEIGHTS IN AT 13 Ounces or the equivalent of 7 average
meerschaum Pipes. !!
PAPERWORK SHOWN IS INCLUDED.
I PURCHASED THIS FROM A LOCAL PIPE SHOP DEALER HERE IN FLORIDA WHO BOUGHT IT AT A PIPE CONVENTION IN NEW YORK CITY IN 2011.
MOST OF ISMAIL OZEL MASTERPIECES ARE HELD IN PRIVATE COLLECTIONS, MUSEUMS AND RARELY SEEN FOR SALE!