"Bronze Figurine For Weighing Opium – 19th Century"
Dimensions: 3x2x2 cmCurious solid bronze figure used as a counterweight in an opium scale, dating from the 19th century. It represents a bird in a symbolic form (according to Asian tradition), with a compact design and a great patina, which attests to its antiquity and its ritual or commercial use. These types of weights were common in Southeast Asia and China during the colonial era and are closely linked to the opium trade and market practices in local contexts. A historical collectible, ideal for collectors of oriental antiquities, ethnographic objects or ancient measuring instruments. 
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