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A brown opium pipe features an enamel bowl decorated with a butterfly and poppy flowers.

Objects of Addiction: Opium, Empire, and the Chinese Art Trade

By Harvard Art Museums

Saturday, September 30, 2023 10am to 5pm

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A brown opium pipe features an enamel bowl decorated with a butterfly and poppy flowers.

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Saturday, September 30, 2023 10am to 5pm

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Objects of Addiction: Opium, Empire, and the Chinese Art Trade (September 15, 2023–January 14, 2024) explores the entwined histories of the opium trade and the Chinese art market between the late 18th and early 20th centuries. These two commodities—acquired through both legal and illicit means—had profound effects on the global economy, public health, immigration law, education, and the arts that are reverberating still today. 

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