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Auction: CSS92C - THE PRESTIGIOUS ACADEMIC REFERENCE COLLECTION OF THE LATE DR. WERNER BURGER - Part 3: Chinese Charms
Lot: 2828

China: Qing Dynasty (1644-1911 CE), coin-shaped charm with square central hole, Sichuan mint production, obverse decorated with a bunch of orchid flowers, reverse inscribed in grass script two poetic lines, one reading 'Yu cai yi zhi jie dao yuan' and the other reading 'Lu han xiang leng dao ru jin', 45.7x2.4mm, 21.6g. In excellent mint condition, inner rims exquisitely filed characteristic of Sichuan mint, extremely rare and sought after. Note: This piece is the second 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 taken from a poem entitled Painting Orchid by Zheng Banqiao, a painter scholar in the Qing Dynasty.


川爐蘭花方孔詩文錢，背草書詩文二句共十四字，句一直讀“欲采一枝嗟道遠”，句二直讀“露寒香冷到如今”，清朝（公元1644–1911），45.7x2.4mm，重21.6g。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。此處二句取自清代畫家鄭板橋的《畫蘭》：山中覓覓復尋尋，覓得紅心與素心。欲寄一枝嗟遠道，露寒香冷到如今。

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HK$30000