19TH CENTURY OPIUM BOX & PIPES – A WINDOW INTO THE MYSTERIOUS ORIENT 🐉✨🖤

As an antiquarian, there are pieces that give me goosebumps because of the stories they carry… This 19th-century lacquered opium box, lavishly decorated with intricate gold-painted oriental scenes, once held the tools of an exotic ritual — the opium ceremony. Inside, two beautifully engraved metal jars with perfectly fitted lids rest in silence, preserving the memory of forgotten pleasures. And in front of the box, two rare opium pipes lie — one of them masterfully carved in wood in the form of a fish and a serpent 🐟🐍, rich in symbolic meaning and Eastern mysticism.

Every detail speaks of a time when the East was idolised by the European elite. This is more than a collector’s item — it’s a poetic relic, a vessel of mystery and decadence. A rare gem that transports us to the trade routes of the Orient, where opium smoke blended with dreams and reality became a mirage 🌫️🌺🕰️.

For lovers of history, beauty, and the seductive power of the East… this is a true treasure.