Antique Opium Weight

In the form of a Himalayan Lion

18th century

Burma

Weight : 156 grams

Measures : 5 cm tall x 3.5 cm wide x 3 cm deep

Acquired in the 1980's by an Aspen collector.

The Burmese lion known as Toe or Cinthe, represents a legendary creature from Burmese mythology said to live in the Himalayan forests.

Toe has a lion’s face, a bull’s horn’s and a horse’s hooves and tail.

This 156 gram weight was used as standard measure in trade for precious herbs, medicines, spices as well as its namesake - opium.

Beautiful piece of history wearing signs of use commensurate with age.

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