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| Opium Smoking Set |
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| Late Qing; height of lamp 10 cm, diameter 7.6 cm; height of opium holder 4.8 cm, diameter 6.5 cm; height of opium case 3.4 cm, diameter 3.8 cm; length of pipe 60 cm. Beginning in the mid-18th century, Britain had been exporting opium to China, poisoning the Chinese people physically and spiritually. This is an opium smoking set used at that time. |