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Electronic Auction 350 6 May 2015
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CHINA, Eastern Zhou dynasty - Warring States Period. State of Qí. Circa 400-220 BC. Æ 'Qi' Knife (181x29mm, 48.97 g). [Qi] Fa [Hua] (= Qi Legal Money) in early zhuànshū Hànzì (seal script) characters / Fa Chang in early zhuànshū Hànzì (seal script) characters. Cf. BN Chinoises I 339-42; Hartill 4.6ar. VF, green patina with thick encrustations obscuring some characters, minor cleaning scratches. Rare.
From the Joan Wilde Collection.
Hartill (p. 58) notes that this reverse inscription appears to refer to an historical event.
From the Joan Wilde Collection.
Hartill (p. 58) notes that this reverse inscription appears to refer to an historical event.