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CHINA: LOT of 10 clay items

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Chinese Coins - Miscellaneous Start Price:140.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 300.00 USD
CHINA: LOT of 10 clay items
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CHINA: LOT of 10 clay items, including Mortuary money (7): 5 biscuit-shaped examples (ca. 6-6.5cm) with various simple decorations on the obverse, in the style of Warring States - Han Dynasty burial money imitating contemporary disk-shaped gold ingots; 2 pieces of clay fragments (ca. 8.5 x 7.5cm, 8 x 5cm) stamped multiple times with the same archaic characters (read by the consignor as qiu yuan), in the style of contemporary burial money imitating stamped gold blocks from Chu State (ying yuan); Clay mold (2): two halves of Wang Mang's da quan wu shi (both halves brokens and repaired); two halves of yong long tong bao of Min (H-15.56, likely modern); plus a clay charm in the shape of an an yi arched-foot spade (housed in custom box, broken and repaired); retail value $500, lot of 10 items, ex Dr. Dirk Löer Collection. According to the consignor, the two clay fragments were unearthed from the same site in southern Jiangsu. See Huang's (2021) article on similar types of clay burial money found in tombs from the Warring States to the Han Dynasty. (http://kaogu.cssn.cn/zwb/xsyj/yjxl/qt/202109/W020210907513695722585.pdf).