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Art of Opium Antiques, The Africa Burmese inside the country andStatus: Out of print Photographs by Paul Lakatos The Art of Opium Antiques explores an aspect of opium that has largely been ignoredthe art and accoutrements associated with opium smoking that reached a pinnacle in nineteenth century China and in Chinese communities abroad, from Saigon to Singapore to San Francisco. For a culture as ancient and rich as that of China, it should come as no surprise that once opium smoking was introduced, the custom