japanese pipes?

[MrLyon101]

Ok took me a bit to change the format but i hope they post now

[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?

[blue lander]

A Mongolian pipe and tobacco pouch.

The shank is wood, the stem is some sort of glass or ceramic. The ends of the wooden shank where they mate with the bowl and stem are wrapped in string to make an air tight connection. The string apparently has to be replaced every once in awhile.

The pipe is usually carried in the tobacco pouch itself with the stem sticking out of the top. I think the pouch itself was carried in the boot leg. Traditionally when you visited somebody's house you'd use your host's pipe and he'd use yours. You'd use your own tobacco though. I don't know what form the tobacco was in, it must be cut more finely than western tobacco or perhaps powdered.

[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.