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Auction: CSS92C - THE PRESTIGIOUS ACADEMIC REFERENCE COLLECTION OF THE LATE DR. WERNER BURGER - Part 3: Chinese Charms
Lot: 2643

China: Qing Dynasty (1644-1911 CE), coin-shaped charm with square central hole, Peking mint production, obverse inscribed 'Wu zi deng ke', reverse inscribed 'Ji xiang', 49.2*3.4mm, 43.6g, Zhong Qian Genuine. Rare. Note: This piece is stylistically most similar to another type inscribed 'Fu shou shuang quan' on the obverse and 'Kang ning' on the reverse (No 72 in Chinese Charms: Art, Religion, and Folk Belief by Alex C. Fang, The Commercial Press 2008), 'Long feng cheng xiang' charm with 'Fu shou' inscriptions on reverse (Lot 15193, Poly Autumn Sale 2023), and 'Zhi ri gao sheng' with 'Ru yi' inscriptions on reverse (Lot 8417, Guardian Spring Sale 2017), which are believed to have been issued by the imperial palace.


京爐五子登科方孔花錢，背吉祥，清朝（公元1644–1911），49.2*3.4mm，重43.6g，中乾真品。少見。另：此錢之錢體形制與書體風格極為大氣，與數枚已知宮錢極為近似，包括富貴雙全背康寧錢（方稱宇著《中國花錢與傳統文化》第72號，2008年商務印書館出版）、龍鳳呈祥背福壽錢（北京保利2023年秋季拍賣會第15193號）、指日高昇背如意錢（北京嘉德2017年春季拍賣會第8417號）。

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HK$2000