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AUTHENTIC mid-19th CENTURY Bronze BURMESE Opium Weight, HINTHA BIRD, 20 Tical !!
AUTHENTIC mid-19th CENTURY Bronze BURMESE Opium Weight, HINTHA BIRD, 20 Tical !!
AUTHENTIC mid-19th CENTURY Bronze BURMESE Opium Weight, HINTHA BIRD, 20 Tical !!
AUTHENTIC mid-19th CENTURY Bronze BURMESE Opium Weight, HINTHA BIRD, 20 Tical !!
AUTHENTIC mid-19th CENTURY Bronze BURMESE Opium Weight, HINTHA BIRD, 20 Tical !!
AUTHENTIC mid-19th CENTURY Bronze BURMESE Opium Weight, HINTHA BIRD, 20 Tical !!
AUTHENTIC mid-19th CENTURY Bronze BURMESE Opium Weight, HINTHA BIRD, 20 Tical !!
AUTHENTIC mid-19th CENTURY Bronze BURMESE Opium Weight, HINTHA BIRD, 20 Tical !!
AUTHENTIC mid-19th CENTURY Bronze BURMESE Opium Weight, HINTHA BIRD, 20 Tical !!
AUTHENTIC mid-19th CENTURY Bronze BURMESE Opium Weight, HINTHA BIRD, 20 Tical !!
AUTHENTIC mid-19th CENTURY Bronze BURMESE Opium Weight, HINTHA BIRD, 20 Tical !!
AUTHENTIC mid-19th CENTURY Bronze BURMESE Opium Weight, HINTHA BIRD, 20 Tical !!

AUTHENTIC mid-19th CENTURY Bronze BURMESE Opium Weight, HINTHA BIRD, 20 Tical !!

$ 52.8

Availability: 18 in stock
  • Age: 1800-1849
  • Region of Origin: Burma
  • Maker: unknown
  • Condition: Condition is excellent on this weight, looks like bronze with an almost black patina, nice appropriate wear and tear in all the right places from years of daily use - see photos provided - thanks !!!.
  • Primary Material: Bronze
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Type: bronze opium weight
  • Color: bronze

    Description

    AUTHENTIC mid-19th CENTURY Bronze BURMESE Opium Weight, HINTHA BIRD, 20 Tical !!
    I know there are a lot of fakes out there but this is the real deal - guaranteed !!!
    Now, a little background on this collection that I'm going to start selling off a piece at a time:
    I use live in Malaysia during the early 1980s as an area field service engineer for a regional seismic exploration company. I made frequent trips to Burma for work purposes and would usually get some time to prowl around any local junk/scrap shops in the area, particularly Yangon and
    Mandalay.
    If lucky, I would pick up a couple or so weights and bring them back home with me. This is one such weight acquired during that time period.
    This is a pretty heavy piece, weighs 313.3 grams, I believe this is a 20 TICAL size.
    Height is about 2-5/8 inches, 8-sided octagonal base.
    The last picture provided is a shot of the entire collection.
    I believe it was sometime in the 1880s w
    hen the British occupied Burma,
    that cast
    bronze weights ceased to be produced.
    Condition is excellent on this weight, l
    ooks like bronze with an almost black patina, nice appropriate wear and tear in all the right places from years of daily use.
    A genuine mid-19th century or earlier antique.
    This piece is absolutely GUARANTEED to be the REAL DEAL !!!
    Please see all photos provided and ask questions.
    Thanks for looking.