Antique Chinese Opium Pipe from a Scholar. Some Knots of the Bamboo Stem have been kept for Artistic Reasons. Ideograms on the saddle.
19th Century
Bamboo,horn,ceramic
54 x 7 cm
21 1/4 x 2 3/4 in
21 1/4 x 2 3/4 in
1959
Sold
Further images
Ideograms -Partly Faded by Time - have been applied to the Saddle. The Ivory Mouthpiece has turned Ochre over Time. The Pipe-Bowl in Black Ceramic is decorated with a Gold-Colored Bamboo Motif.