Cloisonne & Paktong Chinese Water Pipe - Ca 1900 Planters & Wastepaper Bins each rendered in an elegantly

each rendered in an elegantly minimal silhouette characteristic of Bastar metalwork

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and delicately shaped capitals—gives the piece a rich sense of history and texture

Cloisonne & Paktong Chinese Water Pipe - Ca 1900 Planters & Wastepaper Bins each rendered in an elegantlyThis Chinese cloisonne & paktong water pipe would have been used to smoke tobacco & opium. It is constructed from a copper, zinc, and nickel alloy. 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 it. These