-40%
18th circa.--SOUTHEAST ASIA---OPIUM WEIGHT---CHINTHE(LION)---150 g.
$ 31.67
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Description
ANTIQUE OPIUM WEIGHT GOLDEN TRIANGLE---CHINTHE(LION)---150 g.THIS IS A ROYAL ANIMAL WEIGHT OF THE BURMESE EMPIRE, CIRCA -/+ 1820s.
THIS IS A WELL-WORN OPIUM WEIGHT IN THE FORM OF A CHINTHE(LION), THE TOP HANDLE WAS BROKEN, WITH WAVY TAIL, LOWER SQUAT. IT HAS A SQUARE BASE.
THE ORIGIN OF OPIUM WEIGHTS HAVE NOT BEEN ESTABLISHED BUT IT IS THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE INTRODUCED TO
THAILAND
BY THE BURMESE WHEN THEY CONQUERED
AYUTTHAYA
IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY.
(M. Robinson &
L.A.
Shaw, THE COINS AND BANKNOTES OF
BURMA
)
MATERIAL : BRONZE ALLOY
SIZE : approx. ht. 55 mm.(2 1/8”) x l. 35 mm.(1 3/8”) x wd. 25
mm
.(1.0”)---WEIGHT 150 g.
SHIPPING FEES $
US
19.50 FOR
REGISTERED
SMALL PACKET AIRMAIL WITH TRACKING NUMBER.
ITEM WILL BE SHIPPED FROM
BANGKOK
,
THAILAND
.