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Italian Apothecary Pharmacy Albarello Ceramic Table Lamp, circa 1870-1885
By Cantagalli, Deruta
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
among the most complex in medical history, with more than sixty ingredients—including viper flesh, opium
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Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Opium Antique

Materials

Brass

Antique Rattan Woven Qing Dynasty Pillow
Located in Yonkers, NY
A 19th century Qing Dynasty rattan woven opium pillow from an antique opium bed created in China
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19th Century Chinese Qing Opium Antique

Materials

Rattan

Large French Art Nouveau “Femme-Fleur” Bronze Cobalt Porcelain Centerpiece
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
subconscious, consistent with the opium poppy’s presence in fin-de-siècle symbolism. Her expression is calm and
Category

Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Opium Antique

Materials

Bronze

Oriental Hardwood Square Coffee Table Stand
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
market and the most prolifically found of these items tend to be coffee tables, opium tables, nests of
Category

Late 19th Century Chinese Victorian Opium Antique

Materials

Hardwood

Death the Bride, Late 19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Graphite on Paper
By Thomas Cooper Gotch
Located in London, GB
of Opium Poppies further playing with the illusion of dangerous allure. This version of death is
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Late 19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Opium Antique

Materials

Graphite

Oriental Hardwood Two Tier Lamp Table
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
Chinese Export market and the most prolifically found of these items tend to be coffee tables, opium
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Opium Antique

Materials

Hardwood

Qing Dynasty Elmwood Lohan Bed Coffee Table with Hand-Woven Rattan Top
Located in Yonkers, NY
originally made from a cut down Lohan bed, also called an opium smokers' bed. The table showcases a
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19th Century Chinese Qing Opium Antique

Materials

Rattan, Elm

Antique Rug Handmade Carpet Turkish Kilim Rugs Oriental Rugs Traditional Area
Located in Wembley, GB
Caucasian rug designs. Afyon translates into English as 'Opium'; the town was previously named
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1920s Turkish Kilim Opium Antique

Materials

Wool, Cotton, Organic Material

Antique Oriental Hardwood Nest of Coffee Tables
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
, opium tables, nests of tables and to a slightly lesser extent altar type side tables. This nest of
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Victorian Opium Antique

Materials

Hardwood

Qing Dynasty Elm Lohan Bed Coffee Table with Hand-Woven Rattan Top
Located in Yonkers, NY
an opium smokers' bed. The table showcases a rectangular top with hand-woven rattan inset and
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Opium Antique

Materials

Rattan, Elm

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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Late 19th Century Indian Opium Antique

Materials

Bronze

Botanical Print: Papaver and Hieracium Species from a Natural History Collection
Located in Langweer, NL
uses 1. Pain relief and sedation: The opium poppy (*Papaver somniferum*) is the source of opiates such
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Early 1800s Opium Antique

Materials

Paper

Chinese Buddha Belly Bamboo Pipe, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
or opium. Mounted horizontally on a custom steel Stand, this late 19th century bamboo specimen
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Opium Antique

Materials

Bamboo

Oriental Hardwood Nest Of Four Coffee Tables
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
, opium tables, nests of tables and to a slightly lesser extent altar type side tables. This nest of
Category

Mid-19th Century Chinese Victorian Opium Antique

Materials

Hardwood

Chinese Tobacco Water Pipe, c. 1900
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
Despite common belief that water pipes such as these were used to smoke opium, water pipes such as
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Opium Antique

Materials

Brass

Pair of Chinese Buddha Belly Bamboo Pipes, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
or opium. The undulating form of each 19th century bamboo specimen is made especially striking when
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Opium Antique

Materials

Steel

Oriental Hardwood 19th Century Rectangular Coffee Table
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
, opium tables, nests of tables and to a slightly lesser extent altar type side tables. One of the
Category

Mid-19th Century Chinese Victorian Opium Antique

Materials

Hardwood

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
Category

Early 20th Century Indian Islamic Opium Antique

Materials

Bronze

Chinese Qing Dynasty Cinnabar Lacquer Leather Pillow with Hand Painted Flowers
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Qing dynasty period cinnabar lacquer leather pillow from an antique opium bed, with hand
Category

19th Century Chinese Opium Antique

Materials

Leather

Art Nouveau Carved and Painted Wooden Bed, Floral Theme: Poppies, France, 1900
By Louis Majorelle
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
carvings, crafted with virtuosity by hand, depict opium poppies and poppies, floral motifs emblematic of
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Opium Antique

Materials

Wood, Paint, Oak

Circular Oriental Hardwood Coffee Table
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
bears many similarities to the ever popular and relatively regularly found opium type tables, this table
Category

Mid-19th Century Chinese Victorian Opium Antique

Materials

Hardwood

Japanese Taishō Period Negora Lacquer Arm Stool with Cinnabar Color
Located in Yonkers, NY
. Created to be used on an opium bed, this Japanese Taisho period stool features a slightly curving top
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Opium Antique

Materials

Wood

Antique Rug Handmade Carpet Turkish Kilim Rugs Oriental Rugs Area
Located in Wembley, GB
influenced by the Caucasian rug designs. Afyon translates into English as 'Opium'; the town was previously
Category

1920s Turkish Kilim Opium Antique

Materials

Wool, Cotton, Organic Material

Floral Treasures: 19th-Century Chromolithographs from the Botanical Collection
Located in Langweer, NL
gardeners alike. ### 2. **Papaver somniferum** - **English Name**: Opium Poppy - **Description**: The
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1890s Opium Antique

Materials

Paper

Oriental Satin Walnut Low Table, Coffee Table
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
the style of an opium table, it has a carved border beneath the plate glass top The table has an
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Early 20th Century Chinese Export Opium Antique

Materials

Satinwood

Oriental Deeply Carved Low Table, Coffee Table
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
the style of an opium table, it has a two tone lacquer finish accentuating the detail of the carving
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chippendale Opium Antique

Materials

Lacquer

Late 19th Century Porcelain Perfume Bottle by Samson, Paris
By Samson Cie
Located in Paris, FR
Late 19th century perfume bottle and opium flacon crafted of porcelain and multicolored enamels
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Opium Antique

Materials

Enamel, Bronze

Antique 16k Gold Chinese Qianlong Cloisonne Enamel Snuff Bottle Mark Period
Located in Portland, OR
the second Opium war in 1860, it had been in the same family of a British Officer who was present at
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18th Century Chinese Qing Opium Antique

Materials

Gold, Enamel

Antique Print of Various Scenes in China, circa 1900
Located in Langweer, NL
, ferry, toy merchant graves in the country, wooden bridge, market, coffee shop, opium smokers and a city
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19th Century Opium Antique

Materials

Paper

Chinese Export Silver Mug
By Leeching
Located in London, GB
retailers in Canton after the 1st Opium War, and some of the finest mugs and tankards were supplied by the
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1870s Chinese Chinese Export Opium Antique

Materials

Silver

19th Century Chinese Trade Louis XV Style Chaise Longue
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
divisive opium wars fractured western dominance of the trade. This is a wonderful piece of furniture with
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19th Century Chinese Louis XV Opium Antique

Materials

Upholstery

Antique Middle Eastern Persian Wall Hanging Metal Tray
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
combination of traditional designs as deer, birds, flowers, Dervish or opium pipe. Handsomely intertwined
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Early 20th Century Asian Islamic Opium Antique

Materials

Metal

Brig EPHRATAH of Port Madoc Entering Naples
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Baltimore's Gardner Brothers shipyard for the Opium Trade. When steamers came along in the late 1850's it was
Category

1870s Other Art Style Opium Antique

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Large Pair of Circular, Patinated Bronze Relief Plaques of Night and Day
Located in London, GB
, clutching two sleeping putti to her chest, gliding along in a state of insomnia with poppies, in an opium
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Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Opium Antique

Materials

Bronze

Set of 4 Georgian Chinoiserie Decorated Master Salts by John Edward Terrey Co.
By John Edward Terrey 1
Located in valatie, NY
opium pipe, another mounted on a horse crossing a bridge, a third figure in a garden with a Chinese
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Early 19th Century English Georgian Opium Antique

Materials

Sterling Silver

Souvenirs Du Pays Natal - Original China Ink Drawing by Jean Cocteau - 1920s
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Roma, IT
would die from typhoid fever in 1923. His death was a severe blow to Cocteau and drove him to use opium
Category

1920s Opium Antique

Materials

Ink

Lassitude
By Jean-Emile Laboureur
Located in New York, NY
portrait of a lady clearly under the influence of opium. Her dreamy condition is emphasized by the weird
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1910s Cubist Opium Antique

Materials

Woodcut

Antique Cameo Brooch, Yellow Gold
Located in Marcianise, Marcianise (CE)
brigands. The third, stunned by the opium supplied by Giacomo and mixed with a drink, was assaulted in his
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19th Century Italian Retro Opium Antique

Materials

Gold, Yellow Gold

Group of Eight Exotic Fruit.
Located in London, London
' on the 'Hongs' in Canton, where they were produced, were partially burnt during the First Opium War
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1880s Naturalistic Opium Antique

Materials

Watercolor

Gorham Japonesque Mixed Metal Hand Hammered Napkin Ring, 1882
By Gorham Manufacturing Company
Located in New York, NY
small dog approaches from behind, interrupting the opium-induced serenity. Above is a darting butterfly
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1880s American Japonisme Opium Antique

Materials

Sterling Silver, Copper

Misia Sert s Bookplate by Pierre Bonnard
By Pierre Bonnard
Located in New York, NY
avatars of modernism as Cocteau, Stravinsky, Diaghilev, and Coco Chanel, whom she introduced to opium and
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1910s French Modern Opium Antique

Materials

Paper

Paul Poiret s Two Editions de Luxe
By Paul Poiret
Located in New York, NY
in a cushioned opium den that looks very much like a Martine interior. Even in the 1920s, a decade
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Early 1900s French Art Deco Opium Antique

Materials

Paper

Jean Cocteau - Young Woman - Drawing
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
despondent and tried to console himself by taking opium. Filmmaking In 1930, Cocteau wrote and directed his
Category

1920s Modern Opium Antique

Materials

Ink

Opium Pipe
Located in London, GB
An opium pipe from the root of a bamboo, 19th century from north Thailand.
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19th Century Thai Arts and Crafts Opium Antique

Opium Pipe
Opium Pipe
$13,007
Small Rajasthani Opium Table Base
Located in Fossano, IT
A base of a small Rajasthani opium table, lacquered and bone inlaid wood. Rajasthan, India, 19th
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19th Century Indian Opium Antique

Materials

Bone, Wood

19th Century Chinese Opium Bed
Located in Montecito, CA
Chinese opium elmwood bed with intricately detailed molding; carving; Ming style shaped feet; 19th
Category

19th Century Chinese Opium Antique

Materials

Elm

Ancient Opium Set, 19th Century, Vietnam
Located in Vigevano, IT
This old set consists of a brass oil lantern, a small container for the water and a timber pipe and silver. Silver is embossed with abstract and floral motifs. An item that tells a...
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Mid-19th Century Vietnamese Other Opium Antique

Materials

Brass

Antique French Drawing Of Women Smoking Opium
Located in Santa Rosa, CA
Charming drawing of western women drinking tea and smoking opium
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19th Century French Opium Antique

19th Century Chinese Red Lacquered Opium Canopy Bed
Located in Richmond, VA
Opt for drama with this late 19th century Chinese opium canopy bed, crafted of elmwood. The
Category

19th Century Asian Chinese Export Opium Antique

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Cane, Wood, Elm, Giltwood, Lacquer

Art Deco Diamond Carved Jade "Opium Poppies" Brooch
Located in Sale, Cheshire
, characterised by opium poppies and foliage. It's set in a platinum mount with diamond and milligrain "asterisks
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1920s English Art Deco Opium Antique

Materials

Diamond, Jade, Platinum

Late 19th Century Teak Opium Bed, circa 1890
Located in Hudson, NY
Origin: Northern India. Dimensions: 55" W x 92" L. (Height to finial 50”, height to headboard: 44 ½“, height to footboard: 32 ½“). Color: Green Patina on natural hand-carved teak w...
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Late 19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Opium Antique

Materials

Teak

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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19th Century Japanese Meiji Opium Antique

Materials

Wood

19th Century Ornate Chinese Red Lacquered Opium Canopy Bed
Located in Richmond, VA
Opt for drama with this late 19th century Chinese opium canopy bed, crafted of elmwood. The
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19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Opium Antique

Materials

Giltwood, Mother-of-Pearl, Cane, Wood, Elm

2 antique Chinese opiums pipes, silvercolored decorative items, China ca 1900
Located in Basel, BS
2 Chinese Opiums pipes in a silver coloured metal, opium pipe set, rectangular shape. The two pipes
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Early 20th Century Chinese Opium Antique

Materials

Metal

Big French Apothecary Jar Opium 19th Porcelain Limoges Drug Cocain Psychedelic
By Limoges
Located in L Isle sur la Sorgue, FR
French « opium » Apothecary Jar. Very big. 1900s. France Porcelain of Limoges. Perfect condition
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Late 19th Century French Beaux Arts Opium Antique

Materials

Porcelain

Art Nouveau Bed in Carved Oak, Opium Poppy Theme, France, circa 1910
Located in L Etang, FR
Bed in carved oak on a floral theme: Papaver somniferum / Opium Poppy. To make sweet dreams
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1910s French Art Nouveau Opium Antique

Materials

Oak

Collection of Five Chinese Opium Travel Pipes and Yak Fur Pouch, 1800s
Located in Petaluma, CA
This lovely collection of 19th century small opium pipes, called "travel pipes," include five pipes
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19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Opium Antique

Materials

Wood

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Opium Antique For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic opium antique available at 1stDibs. An opium antique — often made from wood, metal and hardwood — can elevate any home. Your living room may not be complete without an opium antique — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. Each opium antique bearing Victorian, Art Deco or Art Nouveau hallmarks is very popular. Asian Style and Limoges each produced at least one beautiful opium antique that is worth considering.

How Much is a Opium Antique?

Prices for an opium antique start at $88 and top out at $39,995 with the average selling for $1,750.