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| #1558522 in Books | 2007-10-18 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | .44 x8.49 x8.28l,1.02 | File type: PDF | 128 pages||9 of 9 people found the following review helpful.| Fascinating!|By H. J. Rose|Such a great book! Instead of just relating the well-known disastrous effects of opium, the author of this book brings new insight into the history of the drug by exploring Opium paraphernalia as an art form. It works!
We are brought into the mythical Opium dens of a not so distant past, with the rich illustrations of this text. A rare p|From the Author|This is the first book of its kind. Never before has antique Chinese and Vietnamese opium paraphernalia been looked at from the perspective of art. Collectors and aficionados of Asian art will find The Art of Opium Antiques a valuable reference a
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 custom would develop its own uniquely Chinese paraphernalia. Ove...
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