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Auction: CSS92C - THE PRESTIGIOUS ACADEMIC REFERENCE COLLECTION OF THE LATE DR. WERNER BURGER - Part 3: Chinese Charms
Lot: 2469

China: Yuan-Ming Dynasty (1271-1644 CE), coin-like charm with square central hole, obverse inscribed 'Zhou yuan tong bao', reverse showing dragon and man holding sword, 25.9*3.0mm, 5.9g. 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.


周元通寶方穿錢文花錢，背周處斬蛟，元明（公元1271–1644）時期，25.9*3.0mm，重5.9g。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$500