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Auction: CSS92C - THE PRESTIGIOUS ACADEMIC REFERENCE COLLECTION OF THE LATE DR. WERNER BURGER - Part 3: Chinese Charms
Lot: 2451

China: Han Dynasty (206BC - 220AD), coin-like charm with square central hole, obverse inscribed 'Wu zhu' in seal script, reverse inscribed 'Jun yi ji li' in seal script, 25.5*2.1mm, 4.1g. Extremely rare. Note: This is the same specimen 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.


五銖方穿錢文花錢，背篆書君宜吉利，漢朝（公元前206–公元220），25.5*2.1mm，重4.1g。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$2000