japanese pipes?

[Timo Nieminen]

Originally Posted by kahnjar1

I have had this one for a while. Definite signs of use as smell of tobacco is quite strong. Assuming it is Chinese???as the decoration is of dragons though I suppose it could be Japanese.
Any help here gentlemen?

Haven't seen an original of these before, but plenty of replica Chinese pipes in this style, so I'd call it Chinese. I don't know if anybody else in East Asia used water pipes (I haven't seen Korean or Japanese water pipes), but the Chinese definitely did.