Burmese Bronze Hintha Bird Opium Weight sancaiglaze Ceramic wares from the hundreds

Ceramic wares from the hundreds of kilns located along the Yom River in Si Satchanalai as well as from Sukhothai city were exported in vast quantities to Indonesia and the Philippines where demand was great

The Dayak are a broad group of ethnic communities native to the interior forests of Borneo

aspirations

while married women wore fibre coil skirts (yokal) or seed-strung skirts that draped below the abdomen

Burmese Bronze Hintha Bird Opium Weight sancaiglaze Ceramic wares from the hundredsEarly to mid. 19th century, Burma (Myanmar), Southeast Asia A beautifully cast bronze opium weight in the form of a Hintha bird (Brahmani duck), with a six sided rounded base and faint verification mark of a six rayed star on the front. Three finely incised concentric lines encircle the top of the base. This weight represents an authentic market used example, richly patinated and full of character. The Hintha, or Hamsa, was the emblem of the Mon