Opium Antique

be paid to the transformative nature of the sculptural lilies into painted opium poppies. Working

Caucasian rug designs. Afyon translates into English as 'Opium'; the town was previously named

tobacco opium box. Produced using the traditional 'lost wax' process. Great Asian Islamic Folk Art, Mughal

subconscious, consistent with the opium poppy’s presence in fin-de-siècle symbolism. Her expression is calm and

or opium. Mounted horizontally on a custom steel Stand, this late 19th century bamboo specimen

originally made from a cut down Lohan bed, also called an opium smokers' bed. The table showcases a

market and the most prolifically found of these items tend to be coffee tables, opium tables, nests of

of Opium Poppies further playing with the illusion of dangerous allure. This version of death is

Chinese Export market and the most prolifically found of these items tend to be coffee tables, opium

, opium tables, nests of tables and to a slightly lesser extent altar type side tables. This nest of

an opium smokers' bed. The table showcases a rectangular top with hand-woven rattan inset and

Despite common belief that water pipes such as these were used to smoke opium, water pipes such as

uses 1. Pain relief and sedation: The opium poppy (*Papaver somniferum*) is the source of opiates such

or opium. The undulating form of each 19th century bamboo specimen is made especially striking when

tobacco opium box. Produced using the traditional 'lost wax' process. Great Asian Islamic Folk Art

A Chinese Qing dynasty period cinnabar lacquer leather pillow from an antique opium bed, with hand

, opium tables, nests of tables and to a slightly lesser extent altar type side tables. This nest of

. Created to be used on an opium bed, this Japanese Taisho period stool features a slightly curving top

influenced by the Caucasian rug designs. Afyon translates into English as 'Opium'; the town was previously

, opium tables, nests of tables and to a slightly lesser extent altar type side tables. One of the

bears many similarities to the ever popular and relatively regularly found opium type tables, this table

the style of an opium table, it has a carved border beneath the plate glass top The table has an

carvings, crafted with virtuosity by hand, depict opium poppies and poppies, floral motifs emblematic of

the style of an opium table, it has a two tone lacquer finish accentuating the detail of the carving

gardeners alike. ### 2. **Papaver somniferum** - **English Name**: Opium Poppy - **Description**: The

Late 19th century perfume bottle and opium flacon crafted of porcelain and multicolored enamels

retailers in Canton after the 1st Opium War, and some of the finest mugs and tankards were supplied by the

, ferry, toy merchant graves in the country, wooden bridge, market, coffee shop, opium smokers and a city

the second Opium war in 1860, it had been in the same family of a British Officer who was present at

divisive opium wars fractured western dominance of the trade. This is a wonderful piece of furniture with

combination of traditional designs as deer, birds, flowers, Dervish or opium pipe. Handsomely intertwined

Baltimore's Gardner Brothers shipyard for the Opium Trade. When steamers came along in the late 1850's it was

, clutching two sleeping putti to her chest, gliding along in a state of insomnia with poppies, in an opium

opium pipe, another mounted on a horse crossing a bridge, a third figure in a garden with a Chinese

portrait of a lady clearly under the influence of opium. Her dreamy condition is emphasized by the weird

would die from typhoid fever in 1923. His death was a severe blow to Cocteau and drove him to use opium

brigands. The third, stunned by the opium supplied by Giacomo and mixed with a drink, was assaulted in his

' on the 'Hongs' in Canton, where they were produced, were partially burnt during the First Opium War

small dog approaches from behind, interrupting the opium-induced serenity. Above is a darting butterfly

avatars of modernism as Cocteau, Stravinsky, Diaghilev, and Coco Chanel, whom she introduced to opium and

in a cushioned opium den that looks very much like a Martine interior. Even in the 1920s, a decade

despondent and tried to console himself by taking opium. Filmmaking In 1930, Cocteau wrote and directed his