Three opium weights - Burma
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brass, in shape of birds (duck), min. dam., slight traces of abrasion and corrosion;
there are three main motifs in animal weights: duck, lion and bird. They were used to weigh medicinal herbs, spices, metal and opium, how far and if they were used as means of payment, is unaccounted.
H: 5 cm, 5,5 cm, 6 cm
Provenance:
Graf Klenau, 82. Auktion, 26.10. 1973, lot 1387 (big and middle-sized example)
Georg Aumann, Coburg, Germany
Continent: Asia
there are three main motifs in animal weights: duck, lion and bird. They were used to weigh medicinal herbs, spices, metal and opium, how far and if they were used as means of payment, is unaccounted.
H: 5 cm, 5,5 cm, 6 cm
Provenance:
Graf Klenau, 82. Auktion, 26.10. 1973, lot 1387 (big and middle-sized example)
Georg Aumann, Coburg, Germany
Continent: Asia
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Three opium weights - Burma
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