Asian Art Day One - 20 May 2009

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A set of Chinese opium scales

£100 - £200 £200

A set of Chinese opium scales, in a hardwood case with a guitar-shaped lower section containing gilt metal pans and an ivory scale, together with a collection of spindles, needlecases, hair ornaments, a bone carving of a bear baiting, and an opium knife with an axe-shaped blade. (A lot) Provenance: Acquired by John Reeves after his arrival in Canton in 1812, and thence by descent.

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