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What is this? It is very small, just under 3" high & 5 1/2 "diameter. Ceramic and bronze. Japanese dragon & characters. Thanks!

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Japanese Antiques410 of 769Japanese porcelain statueJapanese Inlaid Abalone -MOP Lacquered Panel / 8" x 20" /Circa 20th Century
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    Posted 10 years ago

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    Efesgirl
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    I bought this several months ago in a local thrift shop in my village of Sweikhuizen, Netherlands. I have not seen one before, and have had absolutely NO luck at all finding another one. It is Japanese (dragon with three claws vs. five claws) with Japanese characters written down one side. This item does not seem to have been used. Looks to be porcelain and bronze. A friend of mine thinks it is a World Tour piece from the 1890s-1920s. I tend to collect peculiar things, and this attracted my attention. Thank you to anyone who recognizes this for what it is.

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    1. kyratango kyratango, 10 years ago
      Water tobacco pipe, lacking the long bamboo mouth piece.
      https://www.pinterest.com/pin/319051954823388203/
    2. Zowie Zowie, 10 years ago
      Very nice I'm not a hundred present sure but isn't 5 claws made for royalty as I said not a hundred present sure. I hope so for your sake.
    3. Efesgirl Efesgirl, 10 years ago
      Looks more like an opium pipe rather than a water pipe, according to what I found on a Google search. Thank you so much for the help!
    4. kyratango kyratango, 10 years ago
      I know... Everything Asian is called opium something!
      To see what is exactly an opium pipe, and have a complete documentation about related item, there is a very informative page:
      http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/journey-into-the-opium-underworld/
    5. Efesgirl Efesgirl, 10 years ago
      kryatango - and thank you for the link! Very interesting.
    6. Efesgirl Efesgirl, 10 years ago
      Zowie - 3 claw dragons were assigned to commoners. Oh, well....
    7. kyratango kyratango, 10 years ago
      Thanks for the thanks ;-)
      Here is one of same conception than your's, with the mouth piece:
      http://www.delcampe.fr/item.php?id=119308818&var=PIPE-A-EAU-ASIATIQUE-en-Faience-Asie-Tabac-Fumeur&language=F&sessionToken=sslLogin_a02e4feb0951237715a55f7a8f12c824
    8. Efesgirl Efesgirl, 10 years ago
      kyratango - you're wonderful - thanks again!! I have posted the photos on my FB page and tagged my Vietnamese friend in the photos.
    9. kyratango kyratango, 10 years ago
      Very good idea! I think This shape is vietnamese, they used any convenient vessel to make these pipes! There is huge amount of copies, your mount seems old :-)
    10. Caperkid, 9 years ago
      So your very first post is a opium pipe awesome!
    11. Morganmon21 Morganmon21, 8 years ago
      What a awesome thrift shop find, that's so cool, nice!
    12. apostata apostata, 2 years ago
      leuk stuk maar ik heb mijn bedenkingen hier

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