Number D0039
Type Workshop
Material Wool
Style Pictorial
Origin Tabriz
Size 92 X 149
Age 1990
A pictorial Tabriz showing what actually took place in the opium dens of Qajar Persia. Two young men are preparing the ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐๐ pipe while an older gent is obviously spacing out on his smoke infused joyride. In the background an attendant is brewing tea in a copper ๐จ๐๐ข๐ค๐ซ๐๐ง and about to pour them into two ceramic teapots.
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