Engraved Paktong Chinese Water Pipe - Ca 1900 Origin - Czechoslovakia specifically young love

specifically young love

A Chinoiserie Gilded Red Lacquer Sewing Box - 19thC

The sunburst panel is typical of the Portuguese style and has been expertly carved

Glazed Cabinet - Catalpa - 19thC from the port city of Tianjin & surrounding areas in North China

Nagaur is one of the four Rajput schools in the area known as Marwar and is well-reputed for its beautiful style of painting

Engraved Paktong Chinese Water Pipe - Ca 1900 Origin - Czechoslovakia specifically young loveThis Chinese nickel paktong water pipe would have been used to smoke tobacco & opium. The engravings depict scrolls and flowers on a background of clouds. Heated opium or tobacco would be placed in the lidded well of this ornate water pipe and the fumes were inhaled through the pipe The first Opium war was triggered by the Qing dynasty's campaign against the British merchants who sold opium to Chinese merchants. Many Chinese people were addicted to