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Auction 28  18-20 May 2017
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Lot 843

Starting price: 110 USD
Price realized: 650 USD
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QING: AE charm, CCH-1934, 57mm, Lei Ling "Daoist curse charm", lei zou sha gui jiang jing / zhan yao chu xie yong bao / shen qing feng / tai shang lao jun ji ji zhi ling "God of Thunder (Lei) clear out and kill the ghosts and send down purity. Behead the demons, expel the evil and keep us eternally safe. Let this command from Lao Zi be executed quickly" // man fishing, VF, ex Daniel K. Ching Collection. The large characters at the extreme right and extreme left are not Chinese but rather Daoist "magic writing". Regarding the very large character on the left, the upper half is "magic writing" for the Chinese character lei which means "thunder" and refers to the "God of Thunder". The lower part is "magic writing" for the Chinese character ling which means "to order". Photo size reduced.

Estimate: 100-150 USD
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