Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
October 2020 Hong Kong Auction 5-7 Oct 2020
View prices realized
► Sale information
Find similar lots
CHINA. Zhou Dynasty. Warring States Period. State of Qi. Six Character Knife Money, ND (ca. 400-220 B.C.). VERY FINE.
Hartill-4.4m; DCD-404; FD-350; S-44. Obverse: "Qi Jian/Zao Bang Chang Fa Huo" (Qi establish/make state long legal money) in seal script; Reverse: "Che". A very pleasing example displaying a nice old patina with earthen deposits in the semi-protected areas near the edge and crevasses. Quite a nice and original looking representative of this highly sought after type sure to be a welcome addition to the next collection it enters.
Estimate: $9000.00- $12000.00
Hartill-4.4m; DCD-404; FD-350; S-44. Obverse: "Qi Jian/Zao Bang Chang Fa Huo" (Qi establish/make state long legal money) in seal script; Reverse: "Che". A very pleasing example displaying a nice old patina with earthen deposits in the semi-protected areas near the edge and crevasses. Quite a nice and original looking representative of this highly sought after type sure to be a welcome addition to the next collection it enters.
Estimate: $9000.00- $12000.00