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Auction: CSS92C - THE PRESTIGIOUS ACADEMIC REFERENCE COLLECTION OF THE LATE DR. WERNER BURGER - Part 3: Chinese Charms
Lot: 2265

China: Jin-Yuan Dynasty (1115-1368 CE), coin-shaped charm with round central hole, obverse inscribed 'Tai shang zhou', reverse inscribed Taoist spell character with human figure standing on tortoise and snake, 58.5*1.7mm, 26.9g, Zhong Qian Genuine. This piece is of a rare edition that has been seldom seen before. The Taoist deity standing on the right of the obverse is evidently Xuanwu, who is also known as Zhenwu, who is identified by the intertwined tortoise and snake underneath his feet. The rarity of the piece is evidenced by the fact that it is only 1.7mm in depth, suggesting itself as an earliest edition of the same type dating to the Song dynasty. Later copies or recasts tend to be much thicker, around 2.5mm or more. Considering its diameter of 58.5mm, it is dated here to the Jin-Yuan period.


太上咒圓穿花錢，背玄武龜蛇，金元（公元1115–1368），58.5*1.7mm，重26.9g，中乾真品。此錢右人為玄武，也稱真武，其辨識為足下之龜蛇合體。此錢為同類之少見版，一個主要因素是其厚度僅1.7mm，而後版或後鑄的厚度通常可達2.5mm。考慮到它的直徑為58.5，我們將其斷為金元時期，但它有可能為宋版。

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Starting price
HK$2000