The Art of Opium Antiques explores an aspect of opium that has largely been ignored -- the art and accoutrements associated with opium smoking that reached a pinnacle in nineteenth-century China and in Chinese communities abroad, from Saigon to Singapore to San Francisco. For a culture as ancient and rich as that of China, it should come as no surprise that once opium smoking was introduced, the c...
Paperback: 128 pages
Publisher: Silkworm Books (January 1, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9749511220
ISBN-13: 978-9749511220
Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 0.5 x 8.2 inches
Amazon Rank: 1556832
Format: PDF Text TXT book
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