Opium Bowl
Chinese Hardwood Opium Bowl Stand, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
dark hardwood and was once used to elevate an opium smoker's collection of pipe bowls, a removable
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
Chinese Calligraphy Opium Pipe Bowl, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This unusual object is an early 20th century opium pipe bowl, sculpted of pale red-orange clay to a
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics
Materials
Brass
Chinese Bamboo Opium Pipe with Red Clay Bowl
Located in Chicago, IL
This long bamboo pipe dates to the late 19th century and was originally used for smoking opium
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Brass
Chinese Lacquered Opium Pipe Bowl Stand, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This tabletop display stand was once used to elevate an opium smoker's collection of pipe bowls, a
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Wood, Mirror
19th Century Chinese Mother of Pearl Inlay Lac Burgaute Lacquer Bowl Opium Lamp
Located in Brea, CA
19th century Chinese mother of pearl inlay lac burgaute lacquer bowl opium lamp. Beautiful piece
Category
Vintage 1930s Chinese Qing Lacquer
Materials
Lacquer
Antique Chinese Opium Lamp with Round Base that is Multi-lobed
Located in Leuven , BE
upward through funnel-shaped chimneys. The smoker held the pipe bowl of his opium pipe above the lighted
Category
20th Century Chinese Antiquities
Materials
Brass
Chinese Export Reverse Glass Portrait Painting of an Opium Maiden, circa 1830
Located in Kinderhook, NY
tazza, covered porcelain tea bowl, and opium pipe in black lacquer stand housed in original carved
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Materials
Iron
H 30.13 in W 22 in D 1.82 in
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Chinese Bamboo Opium Pipe with Silver Saddle and Inscribed Yixing Bowl, 1800s
Located in Petaluma, CA
This early 19th century Chinese opium pipe has a bamboo body and silver saddle with a jade
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie More Asian Art, Objects a...
Materials
Bamboo
18th Century Chinese Qianlong Export Ware Porcelain Punch Bowl
Located in Harrogate, GB
opium pipes. This bowl is 12.5 inches wide x 5.90 inches tall.
Category
Antique 1780s Chinese Ceramics
19th Century Chinese Opium Pipe Bowl
Located in Chicago, IL
A 19th century Chinese opium pipe bowl decorated with Chinese characters, mounted on custom steel
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Decorative Objects
Materials
Steel
19th Century Chinese Opium Pipe Bowl
Located in Chicago, IL
A 19th century Chinese opium pipe bowl decorated with a bird perched in a tree, mounted on custom
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Decorative Objects
Materials
Steel
Chinese Agate Opium Pipe Bowl, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This unusual object is an early 20th century opium pipe bowl, carved of agate and fitted with a
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Agate, Brass
Chinese Red Clay Opium Pipe Bowl, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This unusual object is a 19th century opium pipe bowl, beautifully sculpted of yixing red clay to a
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Dark Meander Opium Pipe Bowl, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This unusual object is a 19th century opium pipe bowl, beautifully sculpted of dark clay to a thin
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics
Materials
Brass
Chinese Hexagonal Red Clay Opium Pipe Bowl, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This unusual object is an early 20th century opium pipe bowl, sculpted of fine yixing red clay to a
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics
Materials
Brass
Chinese Stamped Red Clay Opium Pipe Bowl, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This unusual object is a 19th century opium pipe bowl, sculpted of dark clay to an eight-sided form
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics
Materials
Brass
Hexagonal Chinese Opium Pipe Bowl with Clay Slip Inlay
Located in Chicago, IL
This unusual object is an early 20th century opium pipe bowl, beautifully sculpted of ceramic to a
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Ceramic
Provincial Chinese Bamboo Opium Pipe with Agate Bowl
Located in Chicago, IL
This long bamboo pipe dates to the late 19th century and was originally used for smoking opium
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing More Asian Art, Objects and Furni...
Materials
Agate, Brass
Chinese Bamboo & Repoussé Opium Pipe with Poppy Bowl
Located in Chicago, IL
This long bamboo pipe dates to the early 20th century and was originally used for smoking opium
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Brass
Set of Two Opium Bowls
Located in Chicago, IL
Unusual set of two clay opium pipe bowls for China c. 1850
One 19th century opium pipe bowl is
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Ming Scholar's Objects
Materials
Clay
Asian Peacock Form Opium Pipe
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Asian opium pipe with a peacock bowl and filigree art work with floral designs.
Silver alloy
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Indian Chinoiserie Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Silver Plate
Asian Peacock Form Opium Pipe
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Asian opium pipe with a peacock bowl and filigree art work with floral designs.
Silvered metal
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Chinoiserie Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Silver Plate
Asian Peacock Form Opium Pipe
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Asian opium pipe with a peacock bowl and filigree art work with floral designs.
Silvered metal
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Indian Chinoiserie Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Silver Plate
Asian Peacock Form Opium Pipe
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Asian opium pipe with a peacock bowl and filigree art work with floral designs.
Silvered metal
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Indian Chinoiserie Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Silver Plate
Asian Peacock Form Opium Pipe
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Asian opium pipe with a peacock bowl and filigree art work with floral designs.
Silvered metal
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Indian Chinoiserie Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique Chinese Opium Lamp with a Round Silver lobed Base in cloisonné
Located in Leuven , BE
upward through funnel-shaped chimneys. The smoker held the pipe bowl of his opium pipe above the lighted
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Antiquities
Materials
Metal
Antique Kharal Opium Bowl, Rajahstan, India
Located in London, GB
This is a rare and interesting Kharal from Rajasthan India, a bowl made for preparing a beverage of
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Indian Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Early 1900's Hand Carved Wooden Tobacco/Opium Bowl
Located in Melville, NY
Hand carved wooden tobacco bowl from the early 1900's. Beautiful patina.
Category
Early 20th Century Primitive Decorative Bowls
Materials
Wood
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Japanese Carved and Lacquered Shibayama Cabinet, Meiji Period
Located in San Francisco, CA
An elaborate and finely detailed carved wood, and gold lacquered Shibayama cabinet (Chigaidansu). Having beautifully applied semi-precious stone and mother of pearl decoration of flo...
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
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 paste. Dated to the 19th-century, the box is an example of Qing-dynasty erotica, incorp...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Brass
Chinese Bronze Opium Pallet, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This elegant bronze tool dates to the late 19th century and was originally one of many accessories that comprised an opium smoking kit. The shovel-like tool ends in a flat, rectangul...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing More Asian Art, Objects and Furni...
Materials
Bronze
An Imperial Japanese Meiji Shibayama Tea Cabinet by The Tokugawa Samurai Clan
Located in New York, NY
An Imperial Japanese Meiji Shibayama Tea Ceremony Cabinet by The Tokugawa Samurai Clan.
This extraordinary Meiji-period shibayama cabinet, attributed to the Tokugawa samurai clan, s...
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood, Lacquer
H 84 in W 56 in D 20 in
Chinese Travel Opium Lamp, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
By the 18th century, opium use had become as central to Chinese social life as taking tea or smoking tobacco, fostering a subculture rich with its own customs, traditions, and exquis...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Brass
Set of Four Petite Glass Chinese Medicine Bottles
Located in Chicago, IL
A set of four petite medicine vials of hand-blown glass from an early 20th-century Chinese apothecary, likely originally used to store liquid opium known as chandu.
Additional Dime...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Bottles
Materials
Blown Glass
Rare Charming 17th Century Japanese Lacquer Cabinet with Gilt-Bronze Mounts
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A fine Japanese pictoral style lacquer cabinet with gilt-metal mounts
Kyoto, Edo period, 1670-1690
Decorated in Japanese relief lacquer work, black lacquer ground decorated...
Category
Antique Late 17th Century Japanese Furniture
Materials
Bronze
H 23.82 in W 24.02 in D 18.31 in
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 showing signs of intensive use. The pipe fits perfectly inside the box. The curved shape...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Decorative Boxes
Materials
Plywood
Pair of Opium Harvesting Tools, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
A pair of early 20th-century tools used for harvesting opium latex from poppy flowers. Formed of bamboo handles and iron blades, the rustic tools were used to scratch the surface of ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Metal
Chinese White Brass Opium Lamp Tweezers, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
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...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Brass
Set of Three Opium Harvesting Tools, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
A set of three 19th-century tools used for harvesting opium latex from poppy flowers. Formed of bamboo handles and iron blades, the rustic tools were used to scratch the surface of a...
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Iron
Nineteenth Century Chinese Metal Water Pipe, Covered with Green Dyed Ray Skin
Located in Leuven , BE
The Chinese water pipes for smoking opium or tobacco could be beautifully decorated with enamel or be coated with precious materials such as ray skin. How were they used? The heated ...
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Antiquities
Materials
Metal
H 15.36 in W 4.73 in D 1.19 in
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Opium Bowl For Sale on 1stDibs
Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the opium bowl you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Frequently made of metal, brass and bamboo, every opium bowl was constructed with great care. Your living room may not be complete without an opium bowl — find older editions for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. You’ll likely find more than one opium bowl that is appealing in its simplicity, but Dasha & Mari produced versions that are worth a look.
How Much is a Opium Bowl?
Prices for an opium bowl can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $148 and can go as high as $3,980, while the average can fetch as much as $1,250.
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