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Antique Opium Box

Petite Oval Opium Box, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
A petite 19th-century canister once used to store a smoker's personal supply of opium paste
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Early 20th Century Chinese Minimalist Antique Opium Box

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Brass, Copper

Antique Petite Oval Opium Box, c. 1900
Petite Oval Opium Box, c. 1900
H 1 in W 1.25 in D 0.75 in
Antique Asian Chinese Opium Box Cloisonné Enamel, Tobacco Snuff Box Floral Motif
Located in Leuven , BE
Old Chinese Opium Box in Cloisonné Enamel, decorated with Vases and Flowers. French Private
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19th Century Chinese Antique Opium Box

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Metal

Petite Etched Chinese Opium Box, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
A petite 19th-century canister once used to store a smoker's personal supply of opium paste. A
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Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Opium Box

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Brass, Copper

Antique Petite Etched Chinese Opium Box, c. 1900
Petite Etched Chinese Opium Box, c. 1900
H 1.25 in W 1.25 in D 0.5 in
Antique Asian Chinese Opium Box in Cloisonné Enamel, Snuff Box Floral Motif
Located in Leuven , BE
Antique Chinese Opium Box in Cloisonné Enamel, decorated with Floral Motifs and Interior Scenes
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19th Century Chinese Antique Opium Box

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Metal

Antique Chinese Multi-Lobed Opium Box in Silver, Decorated with Reliefs with Ide
Located in Leuven , BE
Beautiful opium box decorated with reliefs with ideograms (one of the two refers to wealth), a
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19th Century Chinese Antique Opium Box

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Silver

Petite Chinese Brass Opium Box with Dragon Etching
Located in Chicago, IL
This petite metal canister was once used to store a smoker's personal supply of opium paste
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Opium Box

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Brass

Petite Chinese Opium Box, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
A petite 19th century canister once used to store a smoker's personal supply of opium paste. A
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19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Opium Box

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Brass

Chinese Bronze Opium Box, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
A petite bronze canister once used to store a smoker's personal supply of opium paste. A keepsake
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Opium Box

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Bronze

Chinese Bronze Opium Box, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
A petite bronze canister once used to store a smoker's personal supply of opium paste. A keepsake
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Opium Box

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Bronze

Etched Chinese Opium Box, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
A small brass canister once used to store a smoker's personal supply of opium paste. A keepsake
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19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Opium Box

Materials

Brass, Copper

Antique Etched Chinese Opium Box, c. 1850
Etched Chinese Opium Box, c. 1850
H 2 in W 2.25 in D 1.25 in
Chinese Copper Coin Opium Box, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
A petite 19th century canister once used to store a smoker's personal supply of opium paste. A
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Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Opium Box

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Copper

Erotic Chinese Baitong Opium Box, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
A petite white brass (baitong) canister once used to store a smoker's personal supply of opium
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Opium Box

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Brass

Antique Erotic Chinese Baitong Opium Box, c. 1850
Erotic Chinese Baitong Opium Box, c. 1850
H 1.75 in W 1.5 in D 0.75 in
Peacock Sculpture Patinated Bronze Box Islamic Art Mughal India
Located in North Hollywood, CA
tobacco opium box. Produced using the traditional 'lost wax' process. Great Asian Islamic Folk Art, Mughal
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Late 19th Century Indian Antique Opium Box

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Bronze

Patinated Bronze Box in a from of a Peacock, India
Located in North Hollywood, CA
tobacco opium box. Produced using the traditional 'lost wax' process. Great Asian Islamic Folk Art
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Early 20th Century Indian Islamic Antique Opium Box

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Bronze

Rare Chinese opium smokers kit, including a pillow-box and a pipe.
Located in Leuven , BE
Rare Chinese opium smoker's kit, including a lacquered boiled cardboard pillow-box and a pipe
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Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Opium Box

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Plywood

Chinese Qing Cloisonné Bronze Opium Caddy Set
Located in Toledo, OH
Chinese Qing opium caddy set includes burner and tray with 6 dishes. Cloisonné set in bronze with
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Late 19th Century Antique Opium Box

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Bronze

19th Century Chinese Bamboo Opium Pipe
Located in Atlanta, GA
the opium was kept, on top of the small box, it’s adorned with a glass bead, old coins and a walnut.
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Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Opium Box

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Brass

19th Century Chinese Bamboo Opium Pipe
19th Century Chinese Bamboo Opium Pipe
H 5.75 in W 10 in D 1.5 in

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19th Century Japanese Lacquered Smoking Box /Tansu for Opium
Located in Antwerp, BE
19th century Japanese lacquered tansu used for opium smoking. Having 8 drawers used to store
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Opium Box

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Wood

Chinese Bronze Opium Box, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
A petite bronze canister once used to store a smoker's personal supply of opium paste. A keepsake
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Opium Box

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Bronze

Fine Chinese Cloisonné Opium Box, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
of opium paste. Providing an airtight seal, the box is finely decorated with an abstract floral
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Opium Box

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Copper, Enamel

Chinese Repoussé Lotus Opium Box, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
A petite 19th-century canister once used to store a smoker's personal supply of opium paste
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19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Opium Box

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Brass

Lacquered Chinese Portable Opium Kit, c. 1920
Located in Chicago, IL
This small lacquered box is actually a portable opium kit, used to hold all the accessories one
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Early 20th Century Chinese Antique Opium Box

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Brass

Late 19th-Early 20th Century Chinese Stoneware Opium Water Pot
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Late 19th-early 20th century Chinese stoneware opium water pot. Crackle glazed stoneware, celadon
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Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Opium Box

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Stoneware

Rare Regency Opium Humidor with Whippet Finial by Robinson and Wood
Located in San Francisco, CA
smoking accoutrements possibly opium pipes, resting on a gadrooned plinth. Bottom impressed RW and Co
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1830s English Regency Antique Opium Box

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Earthenware

Antique Chinese Red Cloisonné Enamel Opium Smoking Set Box with Accoutrements
Located in Topeka, KS
Handsome antique Chinese opium smoking set in red cloisonné enamel and shaped like a parallelogram
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Opium Box

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Metal

Chinese Qing Cloisonne Enamel Opium Box
Located in Forney, TX
A rare, interesting, and a bit unusual Qing Dynasty (1636-1912) Cloisonné enamel opium box
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19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Opium Box

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Brass, Bronze, Enamel

Chinese Qing Cloisonne Enamel Opium Box
Chinese Qing Cloisonne Enamel Opium Box
H 2 in W 1.75 in D 0.75 in
Late 19th Century Chinese Lacquered Leather Opium Box with Lock and Key
Located in Evergreen, CO
A brown mahogany leather case of a type that was used throughout Asian countries for storing opium
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Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Opium Box

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Brass

Antique Bejeweled Silver Dragon, Opium Snuff Box
Located in Esbjerg, DK
precious stones. The head is hinged to open as a secret box originally intended for storing opium or
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Early 1900s Asian Late Victorian Antique Opium Box

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Silver

Collectible Opium Container Mughal Art Round Lidded Box
By Rajhastani
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique collectible opium container Mughal Art round lidded box. This stylish lidded box is
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Early 20th Century Indian Agra Antique Opium Box

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Wood

19th Century Oriental Wooden Toad Opium Incense Secret Box
Located in Lowestoft, GB
an opium container or incense holder. From the collection of David & Sarah Battie 24cm in length
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19th Century Japanese Antique Opium Box

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Softwood

Japanese Antique Opium Scale Triple Signed with Original Box, 19th Century
Located in South Burlington, VT
From Japan comes this hard to find opium scale with its original wooden box, 19th century. It is
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Opium Box

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Iron

Shanxi Opium Chest
Located in East Hampton, NY
Early to Mid 19thC. Q'ing Dynasty Shanxi Lacquered Opium Chest
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19th Century Antique Opium Box

Shanxi Opium Chest
Shanxi Opium Chest
H 15 in W 18 in D 11 in
Q'um Q'in Period Chinese Miniature
Located in Charleston, SC
Very fine Chinese Wedding Basket miniature in Silver possibly an Opium Box Q'um Q'in Period Circa
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18th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Opium Box

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Silver

Q'um Q'in Period  Chinese Miniature
Q'um Q'in Period  Chinese Miniature
H 3 in W 2 in D 1.25 in

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19th Century English Chinese Chippendale Antique Opium Box

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Glass, Mahogany

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1890s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Opium Box

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Copper, Enamel

19th Century Chinese Cloisonné Fu Dogs
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H 26 in W 27 in D 14.25 in
Nude Male Model, Unique Silver Gelatin Print.
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Located in Cotignac, FR
Unique Silver Gelatin print from circa 1977 by Andy Warhol. Andy Warhol carried a camera with him obsessively. Similarly to his tape recorder, he used this technology not only as an...
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1970s American Modern Antique Opium Box

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Silver Gelatin

Massive Chinese Cloisonné Vase with Phoenix, Magnolia, Lotus and Chrysanthemums
Located in New York, NY
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1920s Chinese Antique Opium Box

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Enamel

Canton Chinese Porcelain Box
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Canton Chinese porcelain box. Chinese export. Circa 1920 origin China. Rectangular format. With internal divisions. Family Rosse style. Box with lid. Decoration with tradition...
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Early 1900s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Opium Box

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Porcelain

Canton Chinese Porcelain Box
Canton Chinese Porcelain Box
H 7 in W 19 in D 10 in
Antique Chinese Opium Lamp with Round Base that is Multi-lobed
Located in Leuven , BE
Opium smokers used opium lamps to make the vaping and inhaling of the opium easier. These lamps, which contained spirits in their base, were specifically designed to channel an exact...
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20th Century Chinese Antique Opium Box

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Brass

Rare Victorian Firescreen with Taxidermy Hummingbirds by Henry Ward
By Henry Ward
Located in Amsterdam, NL
England, third quarter of the 19th century On two scrolling foliate feet with casters, above which a rectangular two-side glazed frame, with on top a two-sided shield with initial...
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Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Antique Opium Box

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Other

Rare Meiji Period Japanese Lacquer Cabinet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Large, rare and important Meiji period, late 19th century, Japanese lacquer cabinet Meiji period (1868-1912) 19th century In three parts, designed with asymmetric sections of open...
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19th Century Antique Opium Box

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Wood

Antique Pharmacy Cabinet, Walnut Bookcases and Glass Doors with Sign, '800 Italy
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
Complete antique pharmacy cabinet, with 3 open bookcases on the sides, 1 bookcase with drawers and 2 original doors with glass and enameled mirror sign. Built in the mid-19th century...
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19th Century Italian Antique Opium Box

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Glass, Walnut

Antique Chinese Cloisonne Enamel Opium Oil Lamp
Located in Forney, TX
A rare and a bit unusual Qing Dynasty (1636-1912) cloisonne enameled opium lamp. Originating in China in the 19th century, the silver-tone oil lamp features a six sided base with uni...
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19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Opium Box

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Metal, Enamel

19th Century Chinese Bamboo Opium Pipe
Located in Atlanta, GA
An opium pipe is a pipe designed specifically for the vaporization and inhalation of opium. But these beautiful little antiques have become one-of-a-kind works of art. This late 19th...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Opium Box

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Brass

19th Century Chinese Bamboo Opium Pipe
19th Century Chinese Bamboo Opium Pipe
H 0.75 in W 13.38 in D 1.75 in
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19th Century Belgian Gothic Revival Antique Opium Box

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Art Glass, Stained Glass

Large Chinese Qing Dynasty Polychrome Enamel Bronze Cloisonne Charger
Located in Vero Beach, FL
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Opium Box

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Bronze, Enamel

Chinese Export Rose Medallion Canton Porcelain Punch Bowl w/ Multiple Cartooges
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1870s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Opium Box

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Porcelain

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Located in New York, NY
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Late 17th Century Chinese Qing Antique Opium Box

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Bronze

Chinoiserie Gilt Bronze Champlevé Enamel Casket Box
Located in New York, NY
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19th Century Chinoiserie Antique Opium Box

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Bronze, Enamel

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Antique Opium Box For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the antique opium box you’re looking for at 1stDibs. An antique opium box — often made from metal, bronze and wood — can elevate any home. There are many kinds of the antique opium box you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 19th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. A well-made antique opium box has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Rajhastani are consistently popular.

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Prices for an antique opium box can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $433 and can go as high as $28,995, while the average can fetch as much as $1,218.
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