This opium pipe measures 14-inches long. The stem pattern is like Chinese bamboo. The close-up picture is of little spoons to scoop - same pipe. For decoration or collection, but is actually functional.
Two-hundred years ago Britain started selling the Chinese opium from British India – to balance London’s trade deficit of Chinese tea and silks. China didn’t like foreigners’ breaking their laws and causing widespread drug addiction. The destruction of 20,000 chests of opium in Guangzhou resulted, after British aggression, in Hong Kong becoming a crown colony
