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Opium Pipe

1800s

China, Qing dynasty

(1644-1911)
Medium
wood and ivory
Measurements
Overall: 54.4 cm (21 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Cornelia Blakemore Warner 1947.603
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A dark-brown wood pipe with a gnarled, undulating stem tapers toward the right. At the far left, a rounded wooden knob precedes a carved ivory bowl in the likeness of a human head. This bowl rests on a brassy metal base featuring a band of openwork geometric designs wrapping the stem. The textured wood continues rightward, culminating in a smooth, translucent reddish-brown mouthpiece.

Opium Pipe

1800s

China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

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