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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
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Minimalist Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass, Copper

Petite Oval Opium Box, c. 1900
Petite Oval Opium Box, c. 1900
$580
H 1 in W 1.25 in D 0.75 in
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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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass, Copper

Petite Etched Chinese Opium Box, c. 1900
Petite Etched Chinese Opium Box, c. 1900
$480
H 1.25 in W 1.25 in D 0.5 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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Antique 19th Century Chinese Antiquities

Materials

Metal

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
Category

Antique 19th Century Chinese Antiquities

Materials

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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Antique 19th Century Chinese Antiquities

Materials

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
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Antique Chinese Mixed Metal and Enamel Opium Box
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Chinese Mixed Metal and Enamel Opium Box. An oval form in three parts consisting of a
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Metalwork

Materials

Metal, Silver, Brass, Enamel, Nickel

Antique Chinese Mixed Metal and Enamel Opium Box
Antique Chinese Mixed Metal and Enamel Opium Box
$600
H 1.5 in W 1.563 in D 0.75 in
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
Category

Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture

Materials

Brass

Petite Chinese Opium Box, c. 1850
Petite Chinese Opium Box, c. 1850
$228
H 0.75 in Dm 0.75 in
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 More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture

Materials

Bronze

Chinese Bronze Opium Box, c. 1900
Chinese Bronze Opium Box, c. 1900
$580
H 1.5 in Dm 1.25 in
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
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Qing More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture

Materials

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
Category

Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Metalwork

Materials

Brass, Copper

Etched Chinese Opium Box, c. 1850
Etched Chinese Opium Box, c. 1850
$180
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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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing More Asian Art, Objects and Furni...

Materials

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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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture

Materials

Brass

Erotic Chinese Baitong Opium Box, c. 1850
Erotic Chinese Baitong Opium Box, c. 1850
$800
H 1.75 in W 1.5 in D 0.75 in
Peacock Sculpture Patinated Bronze Box Islamic Art Mughal India
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
tobacco opium box. Produced using the traditional 'lost wax' process. Great Asian Islamic Folk Art, Mughal
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Antique Late 19th Century Indian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze

Antique Chinese Opium Box in Hammered Brass, Decorated with a Scene of a Rider
Located in Leuven , BE
The cylindrical opium container is executed in hammered brass and decorated with an expressive
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20th Century Chinese Antiquities

Materials

Brass

Antique Asian Wood Opium Container with Lid and Brass Pull
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Asian wooden tobacco or opium round container. Round shaped lidded opium container box, hand crafted
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Mid-20th Century Indian Tibetan Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Wood

Patinated Bronze Box in a from of a Peacock, India
Located in Moreno Valley, 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 Metalwork

Materials

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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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Decorative Boxes

Materials

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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Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze

Chinese Qing Cloisonné Bronze Opium Caddy Set
Chinese Qing Cloisonné Bronze Opium Caddy Set
$1,200
H 3.5 in W 11.5 in D 6.5 in
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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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Antiquities

Materials

Brass

19th Century Chinese Bamboo Opium Pipe
19th Century Chinese Bamboo Opium Pipe
$1,500
H 5.75 in W 10 in D 1.5 in
Dorian Gray at Opium Den from "The Picture of Dorian Gray" surreal portrait
By Jim Dine
Located in New York, NY
image handwritten text reads "DORIAN GRAY AT OPIUM DEN". In Oscar Wilde's novel Dorian Gray keeps opium
Category

1960s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Dorian Gray at Opium Den from "The Picture of Dorian Gray" surreal portrait
By Jim Dine
Located in New York, NY
image handwritten text reads "DORIAN GRAY AT OPIUM DEN". In Oscar Wilde's novel Dorian Gray keeps opium
Category

1960s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

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Antique Opium Box
Located in Melville, NY
Hand carved round wooden box with lid.
Category

20th Century Indian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Antique Opium Box
Antique Opium Box
H 5.2 in Dm 11.6 in
Limoges for Tiffany, Opium Box
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Cigarette case or bonbonniere hinged box. In Limoges porcelain for Tiffany. Hand-painted
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20th Century Boxes

Limoges for Tiffany, Opium Box
Limoges for Tiffany, Opium Box
H 2.76 in W 3.75 in D 1.97 in
Yves Saint Laurent Vintage Minaudière Opium Box Bag Gold Metal 1980s
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Montreal, Quebec
YVES SAINT LAURENT VINTAGE MINAUDIÈRE OPIUM BOX BAG GOLD METAL 1980s This iconic YSL bag from the
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21st Century and Contemporary French Evening Bags and Minaudières

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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Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Chinese Dragon & Phoenix Opium Box
Located in Chicago, IL
opium paste. The box is decorated with relief casts of dragons and phoenixes, symbols of success and
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Late 20th Century Chinese Decorative Boxes

Materials

Metal

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
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Qing More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture

Materials

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
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Metalwork

Materials

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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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture

Materials

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 Tobacco Accessories

Materials

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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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Decorative Boxes

Materials

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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Antique 1830s English Regency Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Earthenware

Asian Peacock and Veena Form Opium Pipe Holder Box
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Asian opium pipe box holder with a peacock head filigree art work designs, and in the form of an
Category

Mid-20th Century Indian Chinoiserie Tobacco Accessories

Materials

Silver Plate

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 Lacquer

Materials

Metal

Yves Saint Laurent YSL "Opium" Gold Metal Tassel Minaudière Box Bag 1980s
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Munich, DE
Iconic 1980s "Opium" Yves Saint Laurent gold metal minaudière box bag with silk cord shoulder strap
Category

1980s French Evening Bags and Minaudières

OUTLAWS / oil on canvas, red still life, political, recycle, think
By Mimi Jensen
Located in Burlingame, CA
Cuban cigar box, a vintage opium pipe, and a well-used tube of cadmium red. The objects are accompanied
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Linen, Oil

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
Category

Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Metalwork

Materials

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
Decorative Round Opium Container Box Inlaid with White Bone and Brass
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Round shaped lidded opium container box inlaid with bone and brass. Opium container handcrafted
Category

20th Century Indian Moorish Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bone, Wood

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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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture

Materials

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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Antique Early 1900s Asian Late Victorian Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Silver

Collectible Opium Container Mughal Art Round Lidded Box
By Rajhastani
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Antique collectible opium container Mughal Art round lidded box. This stylish lidded box is
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Early 20th Century Indian Agra Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Wood

Chinese Export Brass Snuff Box with Turquoise Enamel Dragons and Beads Inlaid
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
and enamel tea or opium, snuff lidded box hand painted in blue colors with Asian dragons and turquoise
Category

Late 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Metal, Brass

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
Category

Antique 19th Century Japanese Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

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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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Scholar's Objects

Materials

Iron

Dorian Gray at Opium Den from "The Picture of Dorian Gray" surreal portrait
By Jim Dine
Located in New York, NY
image handwritten text reads "DORIAN GRAY AT OPIUM DEN". In Oscar Wilde's novel Dorian Gray keeps opium
Category

1960s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Saint Laurent Opium Box Bag Plexiglass
By Saint Laurent
Located in NY, NY
3.5", Width 6", Depth 2.5", Strap Drop 22" Designer: Saint Laurent Model: Opium Box Bag Plexiglass
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Shoulder Bags

Saint Laurent Black Plexiglass Minaudière Opium Box Bag
By Saint Laurent
Located in Montreal, Quebec
"SAINT LAURENT PLEXIGLASS MINAUDIÈRE OPIUM BOX BAG - BLACK Saint Laurent Plexiglass Minaudière
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Shoulder Bags

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

Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

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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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Chinese Metalwork

Materials

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
Yves Saint Laurent Vintage Gold Metal Minaudière Opium Box Bag 1980’s
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Montreal, Quebec
This iconic YSL bag from the 1980’s has a rigid cylindric exterior made from shiny ribbed gold-tone metal. The bag features a long black and gold braided silk cord shoulder strap, du...
Category

1680s French Crossbody Bags and Messenger Bags

Hermès Sandales Opium Clou de Selle Black Leather Size 38 / Brand New in Box
By Hermès
Located in VERGT, FR
comes with Hermès box and 2 dustbags Customs fees and vat are included. Thank you for visiting my shop !
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Shoes

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Materials

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Petite Chinese Opium Lamp Scissors
Located in Chicago, IL
An elegant pair of scissors once used to trim the wick of an opium lamp. Formed of steel and copper, these petite scissors feature gracefully curved handles and short blades engraved...
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Copper, Steel

Petite Chinese Opium Lamp Scissors
Petite Chinese Opium Lamp Scissors
$148
H 0.25 in W 3.5 in D 2.25 in
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Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
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Vintage Wooden Game / Card Table, Attr. to Carin Bryggman, Finland 1950s
Located in Helsinki, FI
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19th Century Chinese Gilt Lacquer Fan with Mother of Pearl Faces and Lacquer Box
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Materials

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Fossilized Turtle Skull II
Fossilized Turtle Skull II
$499
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Located in Waalwijk, NL
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Belgian Brutalist Cabinet in Black Lacquered Oak
Belgian Brutalist Cabinet in Black Lacquered Oak
$7,450
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18th Century Chinoiserie Lacquered Table Mirror
18th Century Chinoiserie Lacquered Table Mirror
$780
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Vintage Brunswick Pool Table With Accessories
$7,750
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Empire Canopy Bed Napoleon III 19th Century
Empire Canopy Bed Napoleon III 19th Century
$8,429
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Located in Firenze, IT
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Italian 19th Century Canopy Bed with Silver Friezes and Upholstered Purple Silk
Italian 19th Century Canopy Bed with Silver Friezes and Upholstered Purple Silk
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Kiosk K67 Double Yugokiosk by Saša Müchtig for Imgrad, 1988
Kiosk K67 Double Yugokiosk by Saša Müchtig for Imgrad, 1988
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Opium Box For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the opium box you’re looking for. Frequently made of metal, silver and animal skin, every opium box was constructed with great care. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect opium box — we have versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. An opium box is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Regency and Victorian styles are sought with frequency. A well-made opium box has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Asian Style are consistently popular.

How Much is a Opium Box?

Prices for an opium box can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $99 and can go as high as $1,800, while the average can fetch as much as $885.