Opium Antique

Confessions of an English Opium Eater by Thomas De Quincey, a rare 1st edition of the author's

Antique water or opium pipe, in blue and white porcelain known as "Hue blue," decorated with a

Antique water or opium pipe, in blue and white porcelain known as "Hue blue," decorated with a

Material: bronze 1,5 cm high 1,2 cm wide and 1,2 cm deep Weight: 0.026 kgs The given sizes are measured from the largest weight Originating from Burma 19th century The mentioned wei...

reverse glass portrait painting of an opium-smoking 'maiden' or young lady painted in oval and sat in an

giving a massage and a Chinese man smoking opium. This print originates from 'Sketches of Chinese Life

Antique gold/opium bamboo scale with built-in abacus, Chinese, 19th century Fitted into a bamboo

Handsome antique Chinese Ming style waisted opium bed/daybed or Monumental low coffee table with

A Qing dynasty period opium bed coffee table from the 19th century, with rattan insert and

Beautiful opium box decorated with reliefs with ideograms (one of the two refers to wealth), a

Antique Print of an opium den in Yogyakarta / Jogjakarta on Java, Indonesia. This print originates

A large antique Ming Dynasty style kang opium bed from the early 20th century, with bulging chow

design to the more regularly found opium tables these hardwood coffee tables are always very popular

counterweight for a tabletop balances used by merchants to parcel out spices, opium or other valuable goods

. Its formula ran to sixty or more ingredients, among them viper flesh, opium, cinnamon, and honey

bottles labelled Drugs, Opium, Arsenic, and Gunpowder, alongside an open book titled Death’s Dance and an

Amazing pair of porcelain apothecary jars, with cartouches reading "Amber" and "Opium." These jars

typological comparison and stratigraphic context. the pipe heads point to a combination of opium and tobacco

By the 18th century, opium use had become as central to Chinese social life as taking tea or

A squat pewter vessel for pouring oil fuel into a small opium lamp.

chopsticks were also used to safely touch opium pipe bowls or tools that had been heated by an opium lamp

linked to the mystery of life and death due to the flower’s product, the narcotic opium. The use of opium

trade networks following the Opium Wars. This map captures China at a pivotal historical moment, before

, selling Indian opium to China and setting up the financial family barons of Bombay as it is today. This

“opium weight”, in the form of a Karaweik, a Burmese crane with characteristic pointed beak, side wings

pants, while serving tea. The consort is seated on an opium platform bed, fronted by a pink and green

"for mortal hearts [...] divine opium". Eugène Delacroix was born in 1798, the son of Charles

(baiting), copper decoration, silk cording and tassel H: 22 in :: 56 cm Water pipe for smoking opium or

opium. The thin metal chopsticks are twisted at one end for a decorative accent and linked by a short

tea, rice wine, or opium tea. The small cups are devoid of ornamentation, instead darkened by a

. This water pipe designed for smoking tobacco, often mistaken for an opium pipe due to similar

The Chinese water pipes for smoking opium or tobacco could be beautifully decorated with enamel or

elegant pierced frieze raised on cabriole legs (Much larger than the more commonly seen opium tables

collection. The tale is presented as a monologue by Gabral Misquitta, a half-caste opium addict, six weeks

, perhaps to provide an opium high at some point. All are positioned on a well made colorfully embroidered

Papaver somniferum (opium poppy), both beautifully rendered with vibrant hand-applied coloring. Rapeseed

America’s first multi-millionaire from real estate, fur and opium trade. Vincent’s father John Jacob Astor

Soirs d'Opium. Published in 1921.

Soirs d'Opium. Published in 1921. Good conditions.

Soirs d'Opium. Published in 1921. Good conditions.

Soirs d'Opium. Published in 1921. Good conditions.

Soirs d'Opium. Published in 1921. Good conditions.

Soirs d'Opium. Published in 1921. Good conditions.

Soirs d'Opium. Published in 1921. Good conditions.

Soirs d'Opium. Published in 1921. Good conditions.

Soirs d'Opium. Published in 1921. Good conditions.

Soirs d'Opium. Published in 1921. Good conditions.

Les Soirs d'Opium. Published in 1921. Good conditions.

Soirs d'Opium. Published in 1921. Good conditions.

Soirs d'Opium. Published in 1921. Good conditions.

A 19th century Qing Dynasty rattan woven opium pillow from an antique opium bed created in China

tar's labour or the Turkman's rest; Which on the Moslem's ottoman divides His hours, and rivals opium

The Nude is a lithograph print on paper, realized by Jean Paul Sauget for "Les Sours d'Opium". The

accumulated in finance and the opium trade, are a Baghdadi Jewish family. The family's businesses in China

extremely rare in that it depicts Europeans in exotic oriental robes. One is seated with an opium pipe

First Opium War (1839–1842). It offers a snapshot of a pivotal moment in global maritime commerce and

of the world's trade, especially in goods such as cotton, tea, silk, opium, and salt. In 1702, it