DepartmentAsia
Opium weight
NameWeight
Artist
Artist Not Recorded
DateSecond Half of 19th Century
Place madeMyanmar (Burma), Southeast Asia, Asia
MediumBronze
Dimensions1 5/8 × 1 3/8 × 1 1/4 in. (4.2 × 3.5 × 3.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Robert C. and Donna M. Spina Helmholz, A.2014.18.22
Object numberA.2014.18.22
DescriptionA small bronze opium weight in form of a lion standing on slightly octagonal base.c. 1890-1910