Ping Zhan: Sandblasted Black Bean with Bamboo and Supertusk Tobacco Pipe

Taking inspiration from both Danish and Japanese pipe-making traditions, Ping Zhan crafts pipes that emphasize graceful line work, exquisite finishes, and a distinctly organic aesthetic. All three qualities are on full display in this stunning Black Bean design, a signature of Zhan's.

A graceful, fluid composition, Zhan's Black Bean features, as its name implies, a wide, curvaceous bowl reminiscent of its namesake. The bowl boasts supple walls and a curved rim, with the fore and aft perfectly peaked for visual balance. At the rear, two knuckles of bamboo extend the shank and give way to a pearly white Supertusk stem, whose striking palette offsets the composition's otherwise muted tones. A crisp, inky sandblast completes the ensemble, revealing rippling growth rings that dance across the bowl's surface..