Watch List notes:

China, Ch'ing Dynasty (1644-1911), late empire period, Guizhou Province small round ingots Cribb LI, Group C, silver as half a sphere of 0.75 ounce (25.41 g), bank ingot cast at a savings bank, 'Shang Jie Tang' (savings bank) framed within a linear rectangle, as a block of three characters, (Cribb 657 [Pl.56] for similar example). Fine and rare.

Ex James Gardiner Collection.