my aunt brought these from i think Cambodia. my uncle was consulate general there ... any information would be helpful. this was in the early 70's
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snuff bottles / opium pipe
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The two snuff bottles are likely Chinese (the white one certainly is.) The pipe doesn't quite match the typical ones I saw when I lived in Hong Kong, so it could be local.
There are lots of Chinese families in Cambodia that arrived over the last several hundred years. The opium trade was a profitable business.Hong Kong, but from Indiana/Florida
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That red & blue style on white porcelain was a pretty common style for 1800's items. Lots of of idyllic country scenes. Farmers, fishermen, nature, etc. Dragons and other characters are more easy to interpret (five claw dragons were royal, 4 claw dragons were lesser nobility, different Buddhist symbols, luck and wealth symbols, etc.)
Chinese porcelain is cool, but in Hong Kong I'd look at stuff at antique shops and could never figure out why one piece was a $5 trinket or a $10,000 master piece. So I left it for the other collectors.
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