Cloisonne & Paktong Chinese Water Pipe - Ca 1900 Planters & Wastepaper Bins Mongolian Cabinets were usually made

Mongolian Cabinets were usually made from locally sourced wood

each rendered in an elegantly minimal silhouette characteristic of Bastar metalwork

A similar example can be found in Auspicious by Design by Corona (Plate 73)

The overall condition is excellent

These chests and trunks were used as storage in homes and monasteries

Cloisonne & Paktong Chinese Water Pipe - Ca 1900 Planters & Wastepaper Bins Mongolian Cabinets were usually madeThis Chinese cloisonne & paktong water pipe would have been used to smoke tobacco & opium. It is constructed from a copper, zinc, and nickel alloy. 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 it. These