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Social classes - China

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3 images from works
  • Two wealthy Chinese opium smokers. Gouache painting on rice-paper, 19th century.
  • Two poor Chinese opium smokers. Gouache painting on rice-paper, 19th century.
  • A Mandarin sits on a mat, smoking a long opium pipe. Coloured aquatint by S. Himely, c. 1820.

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    Two poor Chinese opium smokers. Gouache painting on rice-paper, 19th century.

    | Reference: 25053i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    A Mandarin sits on a mat, smoking a long opium pipe. Coloured aquatint by S. Himely, c. 1820.

    | Date: 1820 | Reference: 25216i
    • Pictures
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    Two wealthy Chinese opium smokers. Gouache painting on rice-paper, 19th century.

    | Reference: 25052i

Related topics

Opium
Smoking
Chinese
Smoking paraphernalia
Opium abuse

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