Many collectors today don't realize that the decorated rectangles were pillows or headrests. They are sometimes called "opium pillows" because opium users liked to lie on their sides using hard ...

Many collectors today do not realize that the decorated rectangles were pillows or headrests. They are sometimes called "opium pillows" because opium users liked to lie on their sides using hard ...

Many collectors today do not realize that the decorated rectangles were pillows or headrests. They are sometimes called "opium pillows" because opium users liked to lie on their sides using hard ...

Many collectors today do not realize that the decorated rectangles were pillows or headrests. They are sometimes called “opium pillows” because opium users liked to lie on their sides using ...

Many collectors today do not realize that the decorated rectangles were pillows or headrests. They are sometimes called “opium pillows” because opium users liked to lie on their sides using ...

Many collectors today do not realize that the decorated rectangles were pillows or headrests. They are sometimes called "opium pillows" because opium users liked to lie on their sides using hard ...

They were all financed in part with money that local merchants made from trading opium with China in the 19th century. At that time, American merchants imported heavily from China — tea and silk ...

American traders delivered vast quantities of illegal opium to China, smuggled it into the country through a network of bribery and deception, and used the profits to purchase tea, porcelain ...