CHINA, Eastern Zhou dynasty - Warring States Period. State of Wèi. City of Yu. Circa 400-300 BC. Æ Arched Foot Spade (54x41mm, 13.35 g). Yu yi jin (One jin of Yu) in early zhuànshū Hànzì (seal script) characters. BN Chinoises I 172; Hartill 3.38; Yü-Ch'üan –. Good VF, green patina with minimal encrustation.
Ex Stack's Bowers Galleries (30 March 2015), lot 10137.