Long brown pipe with decorated bowl at one end.
Opium pipe, China, Qing dynasty to Republican period, inscribed with cyclical date corresponding to 1868 or 1928. Water buffalo horn, metal, and ceramic. Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop, 1943.55.6. Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Opium pipe, China, Qing dynasty to Republican period, inscribed with cyclical date corresponding to 1868 or 1928. Water buffalo horn, metal, and ceramic. Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop, 1943.55.6. Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

A brown opium pipe features an enamel bowl decorated with a butterfly and poppy flowers.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.55.6
Title
Opium Pipe
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
ritual implement
Date
1868 or 1928
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Qing dynasty (1644-1911) to Modern period
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/204377

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Water buffalo horn, metal, and ceramic
Dimensions
8.2 × 59 cm (3 1/4 × 23 1/4 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.55.6
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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