A PAIR OF GOLD FLAT 'CASH'-FORM APPLIQUES

SONG/MING DYNASTY (10TH-17TH CENTURY)

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A PAIR OF GOLD FLAT 'CASH'-FORM APPLIQUES
SONG/MING DYNASTY (10TH-17TH CENTURY)
Each of beaten gold sheet with a square aperture in the center, one side chased and divided into four quadrants by bands of cloud scroll alternately enclosing cranes and clouds reserved on a fine punched ground, with further cloud scroll in the outer border
2 7/16 in. (6.2 cm.) diam., box
Wt. 18.7 and 17.4 g. (2)

來源

Acquired in Hong Kong in the 1980s.

拍場告示

Please note that this lot is not gold. It is electrum, a naturally occurring alloy of gold and silver. This is supported in the technical examination report.

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拍品專文

Two gold discs of this type chased with characters within the quadrants, dated to the Song dynasty, are illustrated in Chinesisches Gold und Silber: Die Sammlung Pierre Uldry, Reitberg Museum, Zürich, 1994, p. 226, nos. 264 and 265.

A Technical Examination Report is available upon request.