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Auction: CSS92C - THE PRESTIGIOUS ACADEMIC REFERENCE COLLECTION OF THE LATE DR. WERNER BURGER - Part 3: Chinese Charms
Lot: 2064

China: Ming-Qing Dynasty (1368-1911 CE), openwork charm, two dragons, 59.4*4.1mm, 63.3g, Zhong Qian 85. First issue, thick and heavy, extremely fine, extremely rare. Note: This is the same example that is used in Dr Burger's article on Chinese charms entitled Coins Which are Not Money: Cultural Functions and Symbolism collected in the book Money in Asia (1200-1900): Small Currencies in Social and Political Contexts edited by Jane Kate Leonard and Ulrich Theobald, Brill 2022.


雙龍鏤空花錢，明清（公元1368–1911）時期，59.4*4.1mm，重63.3g，中乾85。初版，厚重，好品，極罕。另：該錢為布氏“是錢非錢：花錢的文化功能及意義”一文所用原物。該文收錄於《1200-1900的亞洲錢幣：社會與政治框架中的貨幣》一書，J.K Leonard與U. Theobald編輯，2022年布瑞爾出版社出版。

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HK$3000