This is the first opium weight of its kind we have come across in over a decade of collecting weights. *Gear: Group 4 Ia, 1595-1626, Mollat: H2A, c.1680
Characteristics
Weight: 5 kyat/tical, 80 grams, kyat mass: 16g
Height: 3cm, 1.18 in
Base: 2.8cm, 1.1 in
Base plan: Octagonal
Sign: Front Circular Depression, Auxiliary 5 star rays
Period: *Gear: Group 4 Ia, 1595-1626, Mollat: H2A, c.1680
Form: Bird
* Earth to Heaven: The Royal Animal-Shaped Weights of the Burmese Empire Paperback –2002 by Joan & Donald Gear
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