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PROPERTY FROM A GERMAN FAMILY COLLECTION
A BRONZE COIN-SHAPED RITUAL PLAQUE
EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Details
A BRONZE COIN-SHAPED RITUAL PLAQUE
EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The coin-shaped plaque is cast on one side with a four-character inscription, Xianfeng zhongbao, ‘Treasured Currenty of the Xianfeng period’, and on the other with a two-character inscription, Zhenku, ‘Protecting the Treasury’, and another inscription from left to right in Manchu, above a four-character inscription in a line, Neiting gongfeng, ‘For the Use of the Inner Court’.
6 ½ in. (17 cm.) diam., box
EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The coin-shaped plaque is cast on one side with a four-character inscription, Xianfeng zhongbao, ‘Treasured Currenty of the Xianfeng period’, and on the other with a two-character inscription, Zhenku, ‘Protecting the Treasury’, and another inscription from left to right in Manchu, above a four-character inscription in a line, Neiting gongfeng, ‘For the Use of the Inner Court’.
6 ½ in. (17 cm.) diam., box
Provenance
Max Müller (1867-1960), German Consul to China
By descent to Irmgard Müller-Doertenback (1909-2011)
Acquired by the present family in 1992
By descent to Irmgard Müller-Doertenback (1909-2011)
Acquired by the present family in 1992