Engraved Paktong Chinese Water Pipe - Ca 1900 Jewellery Boxes 92 x 39 x 83

92 x 39 x 83 (wxdxh cms)

Some areas of paint have worn away revealing a wonderfully patinaed teak wood beneath

The difference in the designs and colors represent the variety that exists among the various ethnicities

40 x 42 x 10 (wxdxh cms)

5 X 43 X 49 (wxdxh cms)

Engraved Paktong Chinese Water Pipe - Ca 1900 Jewellery Boxes 92 x 39 x 83This Chinese nickel paktong water pipe would have been used to smoke tobacco & opium. The engravings depict scrolls and flowers on a background of clouds. 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 British merchants who sold opium to Chinese merchants. Many Chinese people were addicted to