Opium pipe. Bamboo Jadeite Metals, China Qing dynasty 19th century

The stem of the pipe is simply cut from a natural bamboo stem to which the artist has chosen to leave some secondary stems. The frame, mainly made of bronze, is composed of several layers of metals, alloys of different colors, yellow, red-brown and gray-black, finely cut with patterns, bats, swastika and stylized Lingzhi, wishing 10,000 years of happiness and long life to its owner. There are some jadeite beads embedded in the decor. The main bat has a green jadeite body and eyes that appear to me to be small garnets, but possibly pink jadeite. One tip is made of bone, the other is missing. There are two other stones that appear to be rock crystal and amber. The stove is missing. Total length 565 mm. Dimensions of jadeite beads. Eyes approximately 1mm 9mm, 8mm and 4mm