Tiny opium weight in bonze with brownish patina in the shape of a Buddhist guardian lion, also name Fo dog, characteristic with its exorbitated eyes and an embossed and wavy mane and tail. It was use on a pan balance in the Indochina opium trade until the second half XXth century  

Indochina, likely Cambodia – End of XIXth century 

Height : 4cm or 1.5 inches – Diameter : 2;5 cm or 0.9 inches