Antique Opium weight, Burma, 160g, L7123

Antique Opium weight, Burma, 160g, L7123.

Bronze opium weight, Burma.

Style:
Classic Chicken (male) style.

Opium weights were used not only as units of opium measurement, but used in everyday transactions where items were traded by weight.

They were produced in a range of different designs, primarily based on animals or creatures from local religion/mythology.

They were produced in series from very small weights to much larger sizes.

Although the units of measurement do not correspond neatly to western scales of measurement, there is a proportional relationship, between the various sizes in a series.

Dimensions: 
6 cm high x 3 cm wide x 4 cm deep.

Weight:
160g.

Date: 
19th century.