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Auction: CSS92C - THE PRESTIGIOUS ACADEMIC REFERENCE COLLECTION OF THE LATE DR. WERNER BURGER - Part 3: Chinese Charms
Lot: 2827

China: Qing Dynasty (1644-1911 CE), coin-shaped charm with square central hole, Sichuan mint production, obverse decorated with a bunch of plum blossom flowers, reverse inscribed in regular script two poetic lines, one reading 'Er jin wei zhi he geng shi' and the other reading 'Xian xiang bai hua tou shang kai', 45.7x2.6mm, 23.9g. In excellent condition, inner rims exquisitely filed characteristic of Sichuan mint, extremely rare and sought after. Note: This piece is the first of a set of four charms depicting plants symbolising personal characters desirable of an educated gentleman, including peony, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum. The two lines here are adapted from a poem entitled An Early Peony by Wang Zeng in the Song Dynasty.


川爐梅花方孔詩文錢，背楷體詩文二句共十四字，句一直讀“而今未知和羹事”，句二直讀“先向百花頭上開”，清朝（公元1644–1911），45.7x2.6mm，重23.9g。內穿精修，品相極美，極少見。另：此為四君子詩文套錢之一，計有梅、蘭、竹、菊四種，各以不同書體錄名家詩詞二句，為川爐花錢代表作，亦為花錢之大名譽品。此處二句取自宋代王曾《早梅》：雪壓喬林凍欲摧，始知天意欲春回。雪中未問和羹事，且向百花頭上開。

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HK$30000