Antique Opium Pipe

A 19th century Chinese opium pipe bowl decorated with Chinese characters, mounted on custom steel stand.

A 19th century Chinese opium pipe bowl decorated with a bird perched in a tree, mounted on custom steel stand.

This handcrafted opium pipe is simple, elegant and finished in bone.

A 19th century Chinese white brass opium pipe with decorative bamboo motif, mounted on a custom steel stand.

An extraordinary 19th century Chinese opium pipe with ebony shaft, ivory mouthpiece, tortoise-shell tip, and incised ceramic bowl.

Unlike a tobacco pipe, the opium pipe was designed especially to allow resinous opium to be vaporized, rather than burned.

An early 20th century Chinese tortoise shell opium pipe with jade mouthpiece and Yixing pottery bowl, mounted on custom steel stand.

A studio maker's mark is stamped on the underside. Unlike a tobacco pipe, the opium pipe was designed especially to allow resinous opium to be vaporized, rather than burned.

A studio maker's mark is etched into the underside. Unlike a tobacco pipe, the opium pipe was designed especially to allow resinous opium to be vaporized, rather than burned.

Unlike a tobacco pipe, the opium pipe was designed especially to allow resinous opium to be vaporized, rather than burned.

Consequently, opium pipes have a distinctive form, featuring a long pipe-stem with a mouthpiece at one end and a pipe bowl affixed by a metal saddle two-thirds down the pipe.

Unlike a tobacco pipe, the opium pipe was designed especially to allow resinous opium to be vaporized, rather than burned.

This tabletop display stand was once used to elevate an opium smoker's collection of pipe bowls, a removable element of the opium pipe often made of fine materials such as jade, yixi...

Very nice Asian Napoleon III period blackened iron wood and gilded brass opium pipe. Dragon head on the top. Asian scripts on the wood.

Unlike a tobacco pipe, the opium pipe was designed especially to allow resinous opium to be vaporized, rather than burned.

China, a fine enameled opium pipe, complete with all accoutrements, signed under hinged door, 11.25"high and 4.25" wide, circa 19th century.

Though opium use was long a privilege of the rich, this abundance of precious materials to make one pipe was a rarity.

A pair of white brass tweezers once used to advance the wick of an opium lamp. The antique tweezers are simply shaped and feature a bell-shaped scraper at one end, used to remove ash...

China, very fine example of an antique opium pipe complete with original sharkskin wrap, Signed, late Qing dynasty Engraved with calligraphy under the lid and on pipe stem and comp...

Pagoda Red Collection #: PHA024 Keywords: Chinese, scholars, desk, inkstone, calligrapher's brush, opium, pipe

The petite box was originally used to elevate an opium smoker's collection of pipe bowls, a removable element of the opium pipe often made of fine materials such as jade, yixing red ...

With her rounded head, her nicely drawn mouth, her eyes with a deep gaze and her large eyebrows which gave her a slightly wild look, she can be seen in several paintings by Herbo, fo...

This antique opium lamp dates to the early 20th century and was used to channel the precise amount of heat needed to vaporize the bit of opium placed in a pipe and held over the lamp.

This antique opium lamp dates to the late 19th century and was used to channel the precise amount of heat needed to vaporize the bit of opium placed in a pipe and held over the lamp.

Pagoda Red Collection #: QQQ040 Keywords: Pipe, opium, scholars, Chinese, China, smoking

Although its grand size recalls large bamboo opium pipes, the 19th-century pipe would have been used for smoking finely shredded tobacco.

Asian opium pipe with a peacock bowl and filigree art work with floral designs.

Asian opium pipe with a peacock bowl and filigree art work with floral designs.

Asian opium pipe with a peacock bowl and filigree art work with floral designs.

Asian opium pipe with a peacock bowl and filigree art work with floral designs.

Asian opium pipe with a peacock bowl and filigree art work with floral designs.

Unlike a tobacco pipe, the opium pipe was designed especially to allow resinous opium to be vaporized, rather than burned.

Old and used opium pipe composed and hand cut from different materials.

A fine antique Chinese opium pipe Wood stem with enameled silver, bone ends with original ceramic damper Period late 19th century.

An antique opium pipe made of carved bamboo and a bronze bowl and mouthpiece, circa 1890.

Chinese Brass Opium Pipe With Silver /Enamel Accoutrements, Early 20th Century A Chinese opium pipe complete with accoutrements decorated in enamel, symbols signifying wealth hang...

Beautiful, rare and elegant, this antique Tibetan silver opium pipe is hand chased with classic a motif, embellished with coral beads and has a bamboo heat barrier.

Unlike a tobacco pipe, the opium pipe was designed especially to allow resinous opium to be vaporized, rather than burned.

Unlike a tobacco pipe, the opium pipe was designed especially to allow resinous opium to be vaporized, rather than burned.

The opium pipe is used to vaporize and inhale opium.

This object is an traditional antique Chinese opium pipe, commonly dated back to the late Qing Dynasty.

Finely crafted pipes such as this were frequently given a place of honor on the desks of Qing-dynasty scholars. Such pipes were considered precious enough to earn a distinguished pos...

Unusual set of two clay opium pipe bowls for China c. 1850 One 19th century opium pipe bowl is sculpted of dark clay to an eight-sided form with a tapered mouthpiece and fitted with ...

Asian Metal Japanese Yatate, Edo, bronze vase opium pipe with filigree brass art work designs on the square cast bronze metal bowl with lid.

A Kang bed is primarily served as a bed placed in the living quarters were many Chinese smoked their opium pipe, especially in Southern China. Therefore this type of bed is also know...

A Kang bed is primarily served as a bed placed in the living quarters were many Chinese smoked their opium pipe, especially in Southern China. Therefore this type of bed is also know...

These lamps, which contained spirits in their base, were specifically designed to channel an exact amount of heat upward through funnel-shaped chimneys. The smoker held the pipe bowl...

A Kang bed primarily served as a bed placed in the living quarters where many Chinese smoked their opium pipe, especially in Southern China. Therefore this type of bed is also known ...

Though commonly attributed to smoking opium, a water pipe such as this was actually used for smoking tobacco.

Though commonly attributed to smoking opium, a water pipe such as this was actually used for smoking tobacco.

Rare find from our most recent Japanese acquisitions This is a unique Japanese large hand carved wood kiseru Yakusa opium or tobacco pipe dating to the early 20th century and sign...

This is a unique Japanese large hand carved wood kiseru Yakusa opium or tobacco pipe dated October 12, 1895 and with the owner's name, Koike Sanfuro.

Turn of the Century Q'ing Dynasty Opium Pipe on Stand

This exquisite Tetsusabiji Uchidashi Gomai Dou Gusoku (Five-Plate Russet Iron Embossed Cuirass Armor), crafted in the 18th century, exemplifies the pinnacle of Edo-period samurai arm...

Safe box. Iron. XIX century. Rectangular safe made of iron, with a rectangular base, two handles on the sides and classicist-influenced molding decorations on the fronts and top. It...

here we offer one of 2 bangas, with black interior. the second one with light grey interior is offered in another listing. a banga shows ways in which we could live more sustainably...

Canopus Jar "Asmet", With certificate of authenticity. 1069 - 664 B.C, Egypt. Good condition. Egyptian culture are "Canopus jars". These were vessels that the ancient Egyptians ...

We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare one of a kind Pauly CIE Et stamped hand carved walnut armoire made by the genius that was Moses Michelangelo Guggenheim 1837-1910 W...

Large-scale 19th century English display cabinet executed in the Chinoiserie tradition. Constructed in carved mahogany and conceived as a tripartite architectural façade, each glazed...

Italian Venetian Grotto (19th cent.) silver gilt settee with triple seashell seat and dolphin & seahorse motif (att: Pauly et Cie, Venice)

This is a wonderful example of a canopy bed from Shanghai Province, China. Made of Chinese Northern Elm, this bed features hoofed feet and multiple floral carvings. The exterior ...

Rare, Spanish Demi-Tester, Baroque Bed With Carved, Green Painted & Gilded Posts 181cm, 6ft High, Floral Painted Leather Headboard, sold with custom made box spring mattress base, ac...

An antique canopy bed from Shanxi province made of Elm wood. This bed has all the attention focused on the front carvings while keeping a very simple and clean overall look. There is...

Ernesto Valabrega for Studio Vittorio Valabrega, decorative fireplace mantel, lacquered wood, plaster, glass, iron, Italy, 1930s This striking decorative fireplace mantel, presumabl...

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...