Cloisonne & Paktong Chinese Water Pipe - Ca 1900 Buddha Statues or open shelving

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These carving were found on temple chariots - huge wheeled chariots covered in carvings of Indian gods

Beautifully carved with jali doors protecting the deity

71 x 71 x 69 (w x d x h cms)

this 19th-century three-way lamp niche would originally have been set beside a doorway

Cloisonne & Paktong Chinese Water Pipe - Ca 1900 Buddha Statues or open shelvingThe 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. Heated opium or tobacco was placed in the lidded well of this ornate water pipe and the fumes were inhaled through the pipeIt is made from an alloy of copper zinc and nickel. These decorative pipes are a piece of social history, and they are extremely decorative and look great in a