weight
- Museum number
- 1993,0731.95
- Description
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Market weight. Four-legged, horned animal weight. It is the form of a chinthe (mythical lion).
Made of cast copper alloy.
- Production date
- 18thC (late)-20thC (early)
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 11.20 centimetres
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Height: 13.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Publication: Gear, Donald, Earth to Heaven: The Royal Animal-Shaped Weights of Burma, Harrow: Twinstar, 1992.
CBS DeKalb 78.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1993
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1993,0731.95