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A skilled Paan maker is known as a paanwala in North India
40 x 42 x 10 (wxdxh cms)
Chilong (or chi long / chi-long) dragons symbolised beauty
It is constructed from incredibly thick planks of camphor wood which is uncommon as planks are usually thin panels
The design a typical of Shandong Province
Engraved Paktong Chinese Water Pipe - Ca 1900 Jewellery Boxes A skilled Paan maker isThis Chinese nickel paktong water pipe would have been used to smoke tobacco & opium. The engravings depict scrolls and flowers on a background of clouds. 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
