Description: RARE SILVER OPIUM PIPE complete with a very special Yixing bowl/damper Stunning Niello work - Museum piece – collectors PRIDE, Perfect conditionSilver Opium Pipe, very rare piece, with EXQUISITE JADE mouth & end-piecesStunning intricate Niello work and some gold inlayPERFECT ORIGINAL CONDITIONLate Qing era, Southern ChinaInscription: (roughly translated) “having smoked to our heart’s content, we lie back and share our innermost thoughts and feelings”60 cm long700 grms (without damper) This pipe was made in 2 separate parts, that fit tightly into each other.Perhaps a travelling pipe of a very wealthy person, also made for easier cleaning of the coreNo cracks in the inside core horn part, absolutely air tightCondition is exceptional - like new. THE BOWL/DAMPERStrange inscription on the Yixing clay bowl/damper about a military campaign. “The central plain is secure, the troops are victorious in the north, the south is now being won by the commander” (the rest is illegible)This damper must have belonged to a general who smoked day and night and had to be carried around on a stretcher (many such cases among the Nationalist command) NOTICE: FREIGHT BY FEDEX FOC WE OFFER ADDITIONAL FULL VALUE INSURANCE AT US$ 195.-
Price: 8230 USD
Location: Chiang Mai
End Time: 2024-08-27T08:38:43.000Z
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Primary Material: Silver
Color: Silver
Original/Reproduction: Antique Original
Region of Origin: China
Age: 1900-1940
Maker: Unknown
