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Opium Weight Scale from Burma, 19th-20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
This complete scale set was used to weigh out wads of opium as well as precious metals and stones
Category

Early 20th Century Burmese Tribal More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture

Materials

Brass

Early 19th Century Bronze Hintha Opium Weights
Located in Montecito, CA
Set of Four 19th Century Bronze Burmese Opium Weights. The larger size were used to weigh foods
Category

Antique 19th Century Burmese Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Graduated Set of Three Cast Iron Skull Opium Weights
Located in Woodbury, CT
. Presumably opium weights, they have little wells on the underside of the skulls for weighing out opium, but
Category

Late 20th Century English Models and Miniatures

Materials

Iron

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Opium Weight For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the opium weight you’re looking for. An opium weight — often made from metal, wood and bronze — can elevate any home. If you’re shopping for an opium weight, we have 7 options in-stock, while there are 3 modern editions to choose from as well. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect opium weight — we have versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. An opium weight is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in folk art and Georgian styles are sought with frequency. A well-made opium weight has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Pieter Compernol Stephanie Grusenmeyer and Wang Hing Co. are consistently popular.

How Much is a Opium Weight?

An opium weight can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $3,736, while the lowest priced sells for $68 and the highest can go for as much as $31,000.

Finding the Right Asian Art And Furniture for You

From Japanese handmade earthenware pottery, originating circa 14,500 B.C. and adorned with elaborate corded patterns known as jōmon, to natural elm case pieces and storage cabinets built in Qing dynasty–era China to mid-century Thai rice-paper charcoal rubbings, antique and vintage Asian art and furniture make for wonderful additions to all kinds of contemporary interiors.

Eastern elements elevate any home’s decor. Introduce zen sensibility to your living room, dining room and bedroom with the neutral color palettes and the natural materials such as rattan, bamboo and elm that we typically associate with traditional Asian furniture. Decorative handwoven embroideries and textiles originating from India and elsewhere on the continent, which can be draped over a bed or sofa or used as a wall hanging, can be as practical as they are functional, just as you wouldn’t seek out Japanese room-divider screens — often decorated with paintings but constructed to be lightweight and mobile — merely for privacy.

With everything from blanket chests to lighting fixtures to sculptures and carvings, it’s easy to tastefully bring serenity to your living space by looking to the treasures for which the East has long been known.

For British-born furniture designer Andrianna Shamaris, the Japanese concept of beauty in imperfection isn’t limited to her Wabi Sabi collection. She embraces it in her New York City apartment as well. In the living area, for instance, she retained the fireplace’s original black marble while swathing its frame and the rest of the room in bright white.

“We left the fireplace very clean and wabi-sabi, so that it blended into the wall,” says Shamaris, who further appointed the space with a hand-carved antique daybed whose plush pillows are upholstered in antique textiles from the Indonesian island of Sumba.

In the growing antique and vintage Asian art and furniture collection on 1stDibs, find ceramics from China, antiquities from Cambodia and a vast range of tables, seating, dining chairs and other items from Japan, India and other countries.