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The Art of Opium Antiques

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	The Art of Opium Antiques
	by Steven Martin and Paul Lakatos Sales Rank: 381864	List Price: ~~$27.50~~ $27.50 At Amazon on 10-14-2008

Paperback: 125 pages Publisher: Silkworm Books October 30, 2007 Language: English ISBN-10: 9749511220 ISBN-13: 978-9749511220 Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 8.3 x 0.5 inches Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces *Product Description* The Art of Opium Antiques explores an aspect of opium that has largely been ignored - the art and accoutrements associated with opium smoking that reached a pinnacle in nineteenth-century China and in Chinese communities abroad, from Saigon to Singapore to San Francisco. For a culture as ancient and rich as that of China, it should come as no surprise that once opium smoking was introduced, the custom would develop its own uniquely Chinese paraphernalia. Over the span of four hundred years, the smoking of opium in China evolved from simple tools and techniques to sophisticated accoutrements. Richly illustrated with photographs of the author's antique collection along with rarely seen historical photographs, The Art of Opium Antiques reveals the remarkable artistry of opium-smoking paraphernalia, including elaborate opium pipes, delicate opium lamps, ornate pipe-bowls, and myriad accoutrements once used for smoking the narcotic. These visually stunning and eminently collectible relics are wonderfully evocative of the romantic Orient of old. From the Author This is the first book of its kind. Never before has antique Chinese and Vietnamese opium paraphernalia been looked at from the perspective of art. Collectors and aficionados of Asian art will find The Art of Opium Antiques a valuable reference and the only reliable source on this fascinating subject.
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