Antique Chinese Opium Pillow Leather Skin Head Rest Red Lacquer
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Antique Chinese Opium Pillow Leather Skin Head Rest Red Lacquer :
$85.00
Chinese Red Lacquer Opium Pillow Headrest w/ Painting
13.25\" L x 4.75\" x 4.75\"
A Lacquer Pillow such as this was often used to rest ones head on in the back rooms of Chinese Opium Dens. They are sometimes called \"Opium Pillow\" because opium users liked to lie on their sides using hard pillows. They claimed that after smoking opium for a while, even a hard pillow felt \"like a cloud\".
This pillow appears to be made of bamboo frame with leather and lacquer layered. It has wonderful hand painted decorations on the two ends.The pillow shows its age with cracks and paint loss which are normal for these kind of pillows.
Antique Chinese Opium Pillow Leather Skin Head Rest Red Lacquer :
$85.00