19th C. Chinese Qing Dynasty Brass Opium Water Pipe

East Asia, China, late Qing Dynasty, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A fine cast-brass opium or tobacco water-pipe with removable parts including a tweezer and receptacle. The pipe has a canister shaped reservoir incised with geometric shapes and bamboo fronds, and upon the top are openings to hold the tweezers and a hinged lid that opens for storing opium. The lid is engraved with Chinese characters and the bottom of the reservoir has a sun shaped stamp and a "4." The lengthy stem and mouthpiece would draw the smoke over the water in the pipe's reservoir to cool it before reaching the smoker's mouth.

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