Domesticating the Foreign

The extremely large collection of objects brought from Beijing to Ljubljana in 1920 by naval officer Ivan Skušek Jr. and his Japanese wife Tsuneko Kondo Kawase, also includes several opium pipes, a few lamps some other related use. are exquisitely decorated with complex motifs. While this is the main topic, paper aims add context specific aesthetic explore cultural framework which import these Europe took place. first part focuses on history use China. second analyses elements aesthetics Chinese opium-related paraphernalia. third, central text thorough analysis Collection motifs symbols they incorporate. Finally, it presents paraphernalia traditional as an interesting embodiment fluid relation foreign, forbidden, fascinating, good example iconographic domestication foreignness.