Paktong Chinese Water Pipe - Ca 1900 Origin - Tibet & Mongolia this ladder adds both functionality

this ladder adds both functionality and style to your home

Condition: Structurally Sound With Original Wear

this beautiful piece of old elm wood makes for a iconic coffee table

This decorative 19th-century three-way stone lamp niche from Rajasthan is hand carved from sandstone and retains beautiful remnants of its original turquoise painted finish

Origin: Shekhawati

Paktong Chinese Water Pipe - Ca 1900 Origin - Tibet & Mongolia this ladder adds both functionalityThis Chinese nickel paktong water pipe would have been used to smoke tobacco & opium. The inlay is in celluloid. 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 decorative pipes are a piece of