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CHINESE SIMA OPIUM SCALEBiblio.com

CHINESE SIMA OPIUM SCALE: Hand-Carved Violin-Shaped Bamboo Wood Bone Measure B.

42112501China ca 1875-80's.Chinese opium scale contained in a hand made Bamboo clam-shell case end pivot the inside matches the exact form of the scale & bone measure barcase:27 x 6.5 cm.brass bowl:5.6 cm. bone bar 24.5 cm. RARE & COMPLETE . . . SIMA CHINESE SCALE . . . AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF VINTAGE NATIVE . . . CREATIVITY & WORKMANSHIP . . . USING BONE BRASS COPPER & BAMBOO WOOD MATERIAL . . A lovely piece of native workmanship. The "violin-shaped" wooden top and bottom cases was carved to match the scales quite precisely with a grooves to accommodate the scale bone measurement bar the brass counter weight and copper ring lock. . To unlock & open one simply slides the copper ring to the far end. Then pivot the top side up or down to open. . The whole case is kept tightly closed by sliding the copper ring back to the left to lock the covers closed. . At one end of the bone measurement bar is a brass pointer & hook to measure accuracy the bar has many graduations to indicate various weights in ten's. . The brass bowl is held fast with buff colored strings carefully tied to the bone measure bar. . The counter balance is an oval brass piece with a hole and tie thread to adjust along the bone measure bar. . The square brass counter balance is slid along the bone bar until the scale is balanced rendering the weight reading. Simple but accurate ! One holds the bone bar by use of the black thread. . This practical object has been used for centuries throughout Asia and S.E. Asia in most all cultures. . This example made from two matching Bamboo parts is quite quaint and unusual. The patina is quite fine showing a nice color after more than a century of use nicely polished and smooth. . The scale is contained in a crimson velvet bag with draw strings. . Color photos are posted to our website. . CONDITION: The scale is contained in a hand-made Bamboo wooden case with typical signs of use age and wear. It is complete intact and a good working example. . The inside also shows normal use age and dustiness typical of a vintage and genuine item. . In original condition still easily used as it has been for more than a century. . Nicely done work. . REFERENCES: . The Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and Library: CHINESE MEDICINE AN EXHIBITION ILLUSTRATING THE TRADITIONAL MEDICINE OF CHINA exhibit text & photo numbers 233. This text describes the photo item as a "violin-shaped" hand-carved wooden case with brass opium scales. This example is exactly the shape and format of our item. We quote: ".the ivory beams are not uncommon." An unusual and fascinating piece ! . . unknown

Rare Oriental Book Company, ABAA, ILAB - AN ART AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COMPANY · États-Unis150,00 $US≈ 126,92 €

[OPIUM USE IN MALAYA].Biblio.com

British Malaya Opium Committee. Proceedings of the Committee Appointed by His Excellency the Governor and High Commissioner to inquire into Matters relating to the Use of Opium in British Malaya.

1924178121Singapore.: J. E. Tyler Government Printer. 1924. 74 122 ix 324pp. Text divided into 3 parts. A. Part I. Includes a report list of attendances and minutes of the British Malaya Opium Committee. Material covered inlcudes many aspects of opium use eg origin consumption retail sale of prepared opium by the government registration of users the Chinese community in British Malaya and the anti-opium movement education as the means of eradicating the habit. The section concludes with a 24 point summary by the committee which sat on 23 occasions between November 1923 and February 1924. B. Part II consists of 77 appendices including opium statistics; statistics of consumers of prepared opium of opium shops dross returns and miscellaneous official and unofficial correspondence and memoranda relating to opium consumption. C. Part III deals in detail with the evidence given by witnesses before the committee and lists their names and occupations. Dark blue cloth covered boards lettered in gilt on the spine very lightly marked original blue wrappers bound in. A sound and clean copy of a fascinating and important report. Amongst the most peculiar aspects of British colonial rule of Malaya was the opium trade where in the late 19th and early 20th centuries revenue raised formed a major part of colonial government budgets Bailey & Truong 2001. In the early 1920s revenues derived from the government opium monopoly together with import duties on alcohol and tobacco were the three largest components of the colony's revenues of the Straits Settlement and remained as major sources of revenue until the end of the 1930s. By the beginning of the 20th century the problem of opium addiction in British Malaya particularly among the Chinese community had become a major concern. Under mounting pressure from the Chinese community leaders an Opium Commission was set up in 1907 to investigate the problem and this resulted in the abolition of opium tax farms in 1912 and the subsequent loss of a major source of revenue for the colonial government Turnbull 1989; Sugimoto 2002. In order to address this major loss of revenue the British colonial administration attempted to introduce income tax in the Straits Settlements.' Ern Chen Loo and Margaret McKerchar The Impact of British Colonial Rule on the Malaysian Income Tax System in eJournal of Tax Research 2014 vol. 12 No. 1. . J. E. Tyler Government Printer. hardcover

Asia Bookroom · Australie950,00 $AU≈ 626,15 €

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