Monday, February 6, 2012

East India Company Opium

Opium Den

Art installation by Huang Yong Ping depicting opium from Patna, India, drying on racks before being trafficked to China in the 19th century. The boxes carry the stamp of the hated (by Chinese at least) East India Company.

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