Miscellaneous
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Lot 1562 SESSION 6 (9.30AM WEDNESDAY 26 JULY) Miscellaneous
Estimate $150
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SOLD $250
BURMA, standard weights of the Burmese kings, Beast series, opium weights, period D issued 19th century, weights of 157.12, 79.37, 75.81, 16.04, 15.01, 8.57, 6.75, 4.29, 4.08 g, all on square bases all are of the Hantha bird, corresponding to ten, five, one (2), half, three eighths and quarter (2) kyats, (Robinson and Shaw, The Coins and Banknotes of Burma, Chapter 5, cf.pp.31-4 [figure 12, 13], cf.Gear [Pl.29 and 53-4], cf.M.2831, cf.2841); together with four in tin/lead metal, 67.52, 79.04, 81.38 and 166.48 g, these are the lead pieces made to make cast wax models from, (see p.33 Robinson and Shaw). Fine - extremely fine, lead models are rare. (13)
Ex Patrick J.O'Rourke Collection.
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