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Auction: CSS92C - THE PRESTIGIOUS ACADEMIC REFERENCE COLLECTION OF THE LATE DR. WERNER BURGER - Part 3: Chinese Charms
Lot: 2829

China: Qing Dynasty (1644-1911 CE), coin-shaped charm with square central hole, Sichuan mint production, obverse decorated with a clump of bamboos, reverse inscribed in seal script two poetic lines, one reading 'Ming nian zai you xin sheng sun' and the other reading 'Shi da long sun rao feng chi', 45.3x2.6mm, 24.5g. In excellent mint condition, inner rims exquisitely filed characteristic of Sichuan mint, extremely rare and sought after. Note: This piece is the third 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 New Bamboos by Zheng Banqiao, a painter scholar in the Qing Dynasty.


川爐竹子方孔詩文錢，背篆書詩文二句共十四字，句一直讀“明年再有新生筍”，句二直讀“十大龍孫繞鳳池”，清朝（公元1644–1911），45.3x2.6mm，重24.5g。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《新竹》：新竹高於舊竹枝，全憑老竿為扶持。下年再有新生者，十丈龍孫繞鳳池。

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HK$30000