Chinese tobacco pipe

Made:: 1801-1900 in China

maker:: Unknown

Paktong tobacco pipe bowl with long bamboo stem and ivory
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Paktong tobacco pipe bowl with long bamboo stem and ivory mouthpiece, incised Chinese characters and decoration on stem, Chinese, 1801-1900

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Category:: Asian Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A158856

Materials:: paktong, bamboo and ivory

Measurements:: overall: 587 mm
bowl: 29 mm 23 mm,

type:: tobacco pipe

credit:: Glendining

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Chinese tobacco pipe

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