Group of 5 Antique Burmese Opium Weights, Hintha Bird, B5, Guaranteed Original

Description

Opium weights, Burma.
Bronze opium weight set, Burma. 100% Guaranteed and supplied with Certificate of Authenticity.
Style:
Classic Hintha Bird style. 6 sided rounded base.
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.
Weight and dimensions:
This group consist of 5 weights of varying sizes as follows (one tical in weight is approximately 16g) :
1. 20 ticals. 320g. 6.3cm high, 4cm wide, 4cm deep.
2. 10 ticals. 156g.
5cm high, 3cm wide, 3cm deep.
3. 5 ticals: 80g. 4
.3cm high, 2.5cm wide, 2.5cm deep.
4. 2 ticals. 32g. 3
.3cm high, 1.2cm wide, 2cm deep.
5. 1 tical - 16g. 2.2
cm high, 1.3cm wide, 1.6cm deep.
Date:
18th/19
th
century.
Bronze opium weight set, Burma. 100% Guaranteed and supplied with Certificate of Authenticity. 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. This group consist of 5 weights of varying sizes as follows (one tical in weight is approximately 16g) : 3. 5 ticals: 80g. 4.3cm high, 2.5cm wide, 2.5cm deep. 5. 1 tical - 16g. 2.2cm high, 1.3cm wide, 1.6