Rare pipe à opium en porcelaine de Chine aux sujets narratifs, 19ème

L.: 53 cm

Provenance: A Belgian private collection of exceptional opium pipes.

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The porcelain pipe in excellent condition, no damage whatsoever. A few small spots of negligible minor superficial wear to the overglaze enamels.
- The finely embroidered silk pouch also in excellent condition.
- The enameled metal pipe bowl in very good condition with a number of very small spots of superficial loss to the enamel. The bowl with an inscribed poem and another three-character inscription just above the base.