"Chinese Opium Pipe In Jade, Silver And Bamboo, Engraved With A Proverb And Dated, China, 19th Century "
Very beautiful Chinese opium pipe. Bamboo shaft, hard stone mouthpieces (nephrite jade), silver plates enhanced with gold, bearing the inscriptions: "Forget fatigue to freely express deep feelings" "Made in the year of the Earth Dragon" Proverb by Wu Cheng'en, a 16th century Chinese writer. The year of the Earth Dragon corresponds to 1868. Missing the two silver rings towards the ends. Length: 60.5 cm