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Opium Pipes

Chinese Calligraphy Opium Pipe Bowl, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
designed especially to allow resinous opium to be vaporized, rather than burned. Consequently, opium pipes
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

Materials

Brass

Chinese Hexagonal Red Clay Opium Pipe Bowl, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
, opium pipes have a distinctive form, featuring a long pipe-stem with a mouthpiece at one end and a pipe
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

Materials

Brass

Chinese Stamped Red Clay Opium Pipe Bowl, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
resinous opium to be vaporized, rather than burned. Consequently, opium pipes have a distinctive form
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

Materials

Brass

Chinese Bamboo Opium Pipe with Red Clay Bowl
Located in Chicago, IL
, rather than burned. Consequently, opium pipes have a distinctive form, featuring a long pipe-stem with a
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture

Materials

Brass

Nineteenth Century Chinese Metal Water Pipe, Covered with Green Dyed Ray Skin
Located in Leuven , BE
The Chinese water pipes for smoking opium or tobacco could be beautifully decorated with enamel or
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Antiquities

Materials

Metal

Chinese Gnarled Boxwood Tobacco Pipe, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
a branch gnarled with knots and burls. Although its grand size recalls large bamboo opium pipes, the
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Mounted Objects

Materials

Silver, Brass

19th Century Chinese Porcelain Opium Jar
Located in London, GB
accompanying accessories and pipes for smoking opium. Opium was widely consumed in 19th century China as the
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Jars

Materials

Bronze

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 Metalwork

Materials

Brass

Recent Sales

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 More Desk Accessories

Materials

Metal

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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Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antiquities

Materials

Wood

18th Century Chinese Qianlong Export Ware Porcelain Punch Bowl
Located in Harrogate, GB
opium pipes. This bowl is 12.5 inches wide x 5.90 inches tall.
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Antique 1780s Chinese Ceramics

19th Century Bamboo Opium Pipes
Located in Chicago, IL
Bamboo opium pipes with brass fittings used over a century ago in China. Mounted on custom stands
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Decorative Objects

Materials

Brass

Collection of 18th-20th Century Asian Opium Pipes
Located in Chicago, IL
Collection of 18th-20th Century Asian Opium Pipes from Japan, China and Viet Nam Largest to
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Antique 18th Century Vietnamese Mounted Objects

Materials

Bronze

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

Chinese Agate Opium Pipe Bowl, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
opium to be vaporized, rather than burned. Consequently, opium pipes have a distinctive form, featuring
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture

Materials

Agate, Brass

Chinese Red Clay Opium Pipe Bowl, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
opium to be vaporized, rather than burned. Consequently, opium pipes have a distinctive form, featuring
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Hexagonal Chinese Opium Pipe Bowl with Clay Slip Inlay
Located in Chicago, IL
allow resinous opium to be vaporized, rather than burned. Consequently, opium pipes have a distinctive
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Ceramic

Chinese Dark Meander Opium Pipe Bowl, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
allow resinous opium to be vaporized, rather than burned. Consequently, opium pipes have a distinctive
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

Materials

Brass

19th Century Set of Five-Piece Zitan Opium Pipes and Accessories
Located in Brea, CA
19th century set of five-piece Zitan opium pipes and accessories, two long beautiful Zitan opium
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antiquities

Materials

Wood

Chinese Opium Pipe in Bamboo, Horn and Jade. The Stem ends in a clenched hand.
Located in Leuven , BE
The opium pipe is used to vaporize and inhale opium. The pipe consists of a long stem of almost
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Antiquities

Materials

Jade

Provincial Chinese Bamboo Opium Pipe with Agate Bowl
Located in Chicago, IL
, rather than burned. Consequently, opium pipes have a distinctive form, featuring a long pipe-stem with a
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing More Asian Art, Objects and Furni...

Materials

Agate, Brass

Chinese Bamboo & Repoussé Opium Pipe with Poppy Bowl
Located in Chicago, IL
, rather than burned. Consequently, opium pipes have a distinctive form, featuring a long pipe-stem with a
Category

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

Materials

Brass

Persian Decorative Opium Metal Enameled Pipes Hand Painted
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Two hand painted Persian decorative opium metal enameled pipes.  
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Mid-20th Century Persian Islamic Tobacco Accessories

Materials

Enamel

Ornate Hookah Pipe Mouthpiece on Mount
Located in Chicago, IL
with silver filigree in abstract patterns. Used for smoking tobacco or opium, hookah pipes mellowed the
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Early 20th Century Turkish Mounted Objects

Materials

Silver, Brass

Ornate Hookah Pipe Mouthpiece on Mount
Ornate Hookah Pipe Mouthpiece on Mount
H 3.75 in W 7.5 in D 1.5 in

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Chinese Lacquered Opium Pipe Bowl Stand, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This tabletop display stand was once used to elevate an opium smoker's collection of pipe bowls, a removable element of the opium pipe often made of fine materials such as jade, yixi...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Tobacco Accessories

Materials

Wood, Mirror

Chinese Travel Opium Lamp, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
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...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture

Materials

Brass

Chinese Bronze Opium Pallet, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
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 tool ends in a flat, rectangul...
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing More Asian Art, Objects and Furni...

Materials

Bronze

Chinese Bronze Opium Pallet, c. 1900
Chinese Bronze Opium Pallet, c. 1900
H 0.25 in W 8.5 in D 0.75 in
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Opium Pipes For Sale on 1stDibs

There is a range of opium pipes for sale on 1stDibs. The range of distinct opium pipes — often made from metal, bamboo and brass — can elevate any home. Opium pipes have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century.

How Much are Opium Pipes?

Opium pipes can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $2,684, while the lowest priced sells for $300 and the highest can go for as much as $15,296.