Lot of 5 matching burmese opium weights, Late Shan,1780-1830
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Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Metalwork: Pre 1900: Item # 1467080
Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Metalwork: Pre 1900: Item # 1467080
$265.00
5 matching opium weights in different sizes, from the Late Shan Empire, late 18th.-early 19th. century.
A choice set of the Hamsas with U-tail, no neckridges and only one spike, standing on a hexagonal base. Clear 6-ray verification mark.
Weights represented her: 20 tical (316 grams) 10 tical (162,68 grams), 5 tical (80,07 grams), 2 tical (32,12 grams) and 1 tical (15,97 grams).
Ref.. Gear group 1+2; Mikkelsen p. 145, fig. 87.
Condition: VF-EF for types, many with nice patinas.
Provenance: John Abrahamsen Collection, important Danish private collection of c. 250 Opium weights, hand-picked from 1991-2006, by the collector from German, British and Danish dealers. Comes with COA and provenance.
A choice set of the Hamsas with U-tail, no neckridges and only one spike, standing on a hexagonal base. Clear 6-ray verification mark.
Weights represented her: 20 tical (316 grams) 10 tical (162,68 grams), 5 tical (80,07 grams), 2 tical (32,12 grams) and 1 tical (15,97 grams).
Ref.. Gear group 1+2; Mikkelsen p. 145, fig. 87.
Condition: VF-EF for types, many with nice patinas.
Provenance: John Abrahamsen Collection, important Danish private collection of c. 250 Opium weights, hand-picked from 1991-2006, by the collector from German, British and Danish dealers. Comes with COA and provenance.
