antique chinese smoking pipe
i would like some help with the valuation of this piece its made of bone china and ivory its atleast hundred and fifty years old as its been in the family a long time thank you for your help
Category:
General Antiques and Collectibles
Condition:
Poor
Medium:
bone china,ivory
Distinguishing marks:
chinese symbols,budda,dragon
Date Period:
19th century i think
Size and dimensions of this item:
2foot in length
Weight:
5 kilo
For Sale?:
No
Comments
Re: antique chinese smoking pipe
http://www.wikihow.com/Tell-Ivory-from-Bone
you Can Not do this test throuh photos, try the link first, then I can help you better..
Just by what I see I like it very much..chinese symbols, can you give better photos of these?
Re: antique chinese smoking pipe
I can never find information on these anywhere. I deal a lot with opium pipes and paraphernalia, but these just never show up online for sale at prices anywhere near average opium pipes and the closest thing they look like are opium pipes, so I'm at a loss for advice, but your pictures are blurry which makes it harder to identify.