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China: Qing Dynasty (1644-1911 CE), coin-shaped charm with square central hole, Sichuan mint production, obverse decorated with a clump of bamboos, reverse inscribed in seal script two poetic lines, one reading 'Ming nian zai you xin sheng sun' and the other reading 'Shi da long sun rao feng chi', 45.3x2.6mm, 24.5g. In excellent mint condition, inner rims exquisitely filed characteristic of Sichuan mint, extremely rare and sought after. Note: This piece is the third of a set of four charms depicting plants symbolising personal characters desirable of an educated gentleman, including peony, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum. The two lines here are adapted from a poem entitled New Bamboos by Zheng Banqiao, a painter scholar in the Qing Dynasty..

Estimate: 30000 - 70000