Engraved Paktong Chinese Water Pipe - Ca 1900 Origin - Czechoslovakia This charming painted Chinese box

This charming painted Chinese box is from Shanxi province and features paintings of children playing on a black laquer background

Nagaur is one of the four Rajput schools in the area known as Marwar and is well-reputed for its beautiful style of painting

specifically young love

supplied with sturdy hangers

The sunburst panel is typical of the Portuguese style and has been expertly carved

Engraved Paktong Chinese Water Pipe - Ca 1900 Origin - Czechoslovakia This charming painted Chinese boxThis 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