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Auction: CSS92C - THE PRESTIGIOUS ACADEMIC REFERENCE COLLECTION OF THE LATE DR. WERNER BURGER - Part 3: Chinese Charms
Lot: 2320

China: Qing Dynasty (1644-1911 CE), coin-shaped charm with square central hole, Guangdong mint production, obverse inscribed 'Da feng zu shi' in seal script, reverse showing Bagua, 34.8*1.7mm, 9.4g, Zhong Qian 80. Extremely fine, extremely rare. Note: Da Feng is the Buddhist title of Lin Ling-e (1039-1127), a native of Wenzhou in Zhejiang. He escaped to Swatow during the Jingkang Rebellion at the end of the Northern Song. He became a well-known and respected Buddhist monk there for his charitable deeds and is widely known as Zu shi, the Patriarch. A temple dedicated to him can still be found to this day in Jieyang, Guangdong Province.


粵爐大峰祖師方孔花錢，背八卦，清朝（公元1644–1911），34.8*1.7mm，重9.4g，中乾80。極美。另：大峰祖師（1039-1127）俗姓林名靈噩，字通叟，法號大峰，祖籍浙江温州，北宋靖康之亂時入廣東潮陽，因其善德被尊為大峰祖師、祖師公，其廟位于廣東揭陽。

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HK$1000