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An Exceptional Vietnamese Solid Ivory Opium Water Pipe
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Pre 1920 item# 1125336
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This Pipe is of the cylindrical type and is fashioned from a solid piece of ivory. The polychrome art work is exceptional very detailed and incised into the ivory using a paint that includes metal in its base. The overall theme is longevity. At the front are an ancient scholar, bats, peach, deer, and children known as “golden bo”. Around the remainder of the body is a mandarin holding a ruhi, the symbol of authority, a crane, an image of Guan Yin, the goddess of mercy, a sage, more children and ...click for details
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A Vietnamese Bone Opium Water Pipe
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Pre 1940 item# 1125332
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This opium pipe is of the paneled form and made of bone. The scrimshaw is very detail. The theme is a garden and pagoda scene with a mounted scholar. Also includes sparrows and butterflies. The metalwork is of silvered copper.
At the bottom underside is the yin/yang symbol. The there are two signature chops on the front two panels. An opium needle is attached to the body of the pipe with chain.
Provenance: Purcdhased as part Ex French Collection purchased in France 1985
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A Very Long and Unusual Chinese Opium Pipe
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Pre 1920 item# 1125328
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The stem and saddle are fashioned from one piece of bamboo. The saddle is the root that was growing at the end. It is sheathed in a brass cuff. There is a leather collar at the end of the stem. The stem shows great patina. The mouthpiece is jade. The octagon shaped stoneware damper has stamps at 6 sides. One smell of the damper or puff on the pipe tells it was well used.
Dimensions: Pipe Length---32 inches—Diameter of bamboo bulb at bottom is 1 1/4 inches
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A Very Large Qing Dynasty Opium Pipe
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Pre 1920 item# 1125326
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A large opium pipe of the type that requires no damper, consisting of a slightly curved bamboo tube terminating at one end with a brass mouthpiece and the other with a saddle fashioned from overlaying copper and brass which also functions as a built in damper. The brass mouthpiece is concave at the end to allow assist in smoking. Around the top bowl is a flower design meant to represent a blooming peony (representative of nobility and value). On each side is the image of a fish (symbolic of ab ...click for details
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A Vietnamese Inlayed Wooden Opium Water Pipe
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Pre 1920 item# 1125304
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This opium pipe is of the cylindrical form and made of rosewood. The mother of perl inlay is detailed and in tact, no missing pieces. The motif includes sparrows, butterflies, ducks, lotus blossoms and cherry blossoms. The detailed metalwork is of silvered copper and features a flower basket design. Complete with opium needle and chain attached to body of pipe.
Dimensions: Pipe Height 8 1/4 inches—Diameter of pipe—3 1/2 inches
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