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DepartmentAsia

Opium weight

NameWeight
Artist Artist Not Recorded
DateSecond Half of 19th Century
Place madeMyanmar (Burma), Southeast Asia, Asia
MediumBronze
Dimensions1 3/8 × 1 × 1 1/8 in. (3.5 × 2.5 × 2.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Robert C. and Donna M. Spina Helmholz, A.2014.18.23
Object numberA.2014.18.23
DescriptionA bronze opium weight in the form of a lion standing on slightly octangonal base, front of base has a rectangular indent.
Opium weight
Artist Not Recorded
Second Half of 19th Century
Opium weight
Artist Not Recorded
Second Half of 19th Century
Opium weight
Artist Not Recorded
Second Half of 19th Century
Opium weight
Artist Not Recorded
Second Half of 19th Century
Opium weight
Artist Not Recorded
Second Half of 19th Century
Opium weight
Artist Not Recorded
Second Half of 19th Century
Opium weight
Artist Not Recorded
Second Half of 19th Century
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Artist Not Recorded
Second Half of 19th Century
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