Chinese Qing Dynasty; 2 Water Pipes, the first in white bronze well carved with a scene of three women reading poems in a garden, the reverse with incised calligraphy; the second in yellow bronze acid-etched with landscapes and calligraphy; together with a bronze Scale with finely engraved dots along the edge and fixed with a counter-weight, enclosed in an old inscribed double gourd wooden box, small mark to one end of stick. Small tools missing from both water pipes, the first with extra mouth piece, Height of white bronze pipe 11 1/4 inches (28.6 cm.).