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Auction: CSS92C - THE PRESTIGIOUS ACADEMIC REFERENCE COLLECTION OF THE LATE DR. WERNER BURGER - Part 3: Chinese Charms
Lot: 2830

China: Qing Dynasty (1644-1911 CE), coin-shaped charm with square central hole, Sichuan mint production, obverse decorated with a bunch of bamboos, reverse inscribed in clerical script two poetic lines, one reading 'Mo xian lao pu qiu rong dan' and the other reading 'Wei you huang hua wan jie xiang', 45.8x2.4mm, 23.1g. 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 Banquet by the water on 9th day by Han Qi, a scholar official in the Song Dynasty.


川爐菊花方孔詩文錢，背隸書詩文二句共十四字，句一直讀“莫嫌老圃秋容淡”，句二直讀“唯有黃花晚節香”，清朝（公元1644–1911），45.8x2.4mm，重23.1g。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。此處二句取自宋代韓琦的《九日水閣》：池館隳摧古榭荒，此筵嘉客會重陽。雖慚老圃秋容淡，且看黄花晚節香。酒味已醇新過熟，蟹螯先實不須霜。年來飲興衰難强，漫有高吟力尚狂。

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HK$30000