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Opium Pipe

1800s

China, Qing dynasty

(1644-1911)
Medium
brass stem decorated with incised patterns, ivory mouthpiece
Measurements
Overall: 53.4 cm (21 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Cornelia Blakemore Warner 1947.581
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The bowl is shaped like a cicada.
A long, slender opium pipe of golden-brass slants from bottom-left to top-right. Delicate, repeating patterns are incised along the metal stem. Near the lower end, a dark, cicada-shaped bowl rests on a silver-colored band, the insect's body and wings carved in relief. The pipe's upper right end terminates in a small, cream-colored ivory cylinder, its smooth surface contrasting with the textured, muted gold tone of the main body.

Opium Pipe

1800s

China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

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