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Auction: CSS92C - THE PRESTIGIOUS ACADEMIC REFERENCE COLLECTION OF THE LATE DR. WERNER BURGER - Part 3: Chinese Charms
Lot: 2383

China: Song-Yuan Dynasty (960-1368 CE), coin-shaped charm with square central hole, obverse inscribed 'Tian xia tai ping' in seal script, reverse showing human figures, 23.3*2.2mm, 3.8g. Extremely fine, high relief, very 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.


天下太平方穿花錢，背人物，宋元（公元960–1368）時期，23.3*2.2mm，重3.8g。品相極美，高浮雕，罕見。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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