Chinese Bamboo & Repoussé Opium Pipe with Poppy Bowl

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...

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 too...

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...

This unusual, barrel-form object was originally one of the many accessories that comprised an opium smoker's kit. Formed of brass with a copper lining, the small tool is known by col...

Old Bamboo Opium Pipe, with visible Knot of the Bamboo. The Mouthpiece and Furnace are in Bronze. The Piece comes from South China. French Private Collec...

Carved Turkish Figural Meerschaum Pipe with Moorish Turkish Bearded head. Meerschaum pipe is a smoking pipe made from the mineral sepiolite, also known as meerschaum. Meerschaum , German for "sea foam" is sometimes found floating on the Black Sea and is rather suggestive of sea foam (hence the German origin of the name, as well as the French name for the same substance, écume de mer). Meerschaum, also known as curlstone, is a unique mineral mined in the Anatolian province of Eskisehir. Local artisans hand carve the stone into collectibles, most notably tobacco pipes...

Chinese opium pipe. Early 20th century.

Antique Chinese paktong alloy water pipe, most likely mid to late 19th century. All pieces are still together, including the down stem and two tweezer and brush smoking tools. Two si...