**CHINA, Republic of China (1912-1949), Years 1920 - 1930, Cylindrical ivory opium pipe with incised decoration of eight ladies (immortals?) in a garden, amidst cranes, four of whom play music (one pipa, one flute, one qin and one sheng - mouth organ) and one dancing, a lotus frieze at one end, with an oxidised copper alloy mounting comprising a mouthpiece, three rings and the stove with embossed decoration of dragons and bats. Dimensions : L. 43 cm- H. 3,5 cm; Weight 301 g LdM CITES declaration n° FR25003000401-K made (Elephantidae spp. species)