Cloisonne & Paktong Chinese Water Pipe - Ca 1900 Material - Chicken Wing Wood 64 x 2 x 92

64 x 2 x 92 (w x d x h cms)

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This old Japanese woodblock print is by woodblock print artist Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III

Finish: Naturally aged surface with rich patina

Cloisonne & Paktong Chinese Water Pipe - Ca 1900 Material - Chicken Wing Wood 64 x 2 x 92This antique Chinese cloisonne & paktong water pipe would have been used to smoke tobacco & opium. It is constructed from a copper, zinc, and nickel alloy called paktong and has cloisonne work depicting Insects and porcelain and dates to the 1900's. 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