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A rare and large Chinese bronze and wood carved opium pipe,…
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Melbourne
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13-Nov-2022
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A rare and large Chinese bronze and wood carved opium pipe, Qing Dynasty, 18th century mounted in the centre with a hardwood section carved in high relief with two confronting dragons chasing a flaming pearl, the cast bronze front section with aquatic creatures in a lotus pond, the rear section with precious objects, the ten-lobed bowl in the form of opium bud, inscribed 'de he long zao', 58.5 cm long. Literature: Raymond & Victoria Tregaskis, the Albert Barton collection of Chinese Bronzes, November, 1989, no. 15. Provenance: collection of the late Norman Rodd, NSW. The Alfred Barton collection of Chinese Bronzes. Albert Barton was an ordained priest working in Hong Kong in the 1940s. He mainly collected religious artefacts from different cultures, this collection was on loan to National Gallery of Victoria in 1964, also exhibited in Perth in 1973 and 1975. Alfred Barton died in 1982. Raymond and Victoria Tregaskis Oriental Arts, Sydney, Australia.
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