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• Auction House:
  Bonhams Australia
• Sale Name:
  Elegant Embellishments Featuring the Hsiao Family collection
• Sale Date:
  08 Aug 2021 ~ 2pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  45
• Lot Description:
  A Group of 11 Gilt Bronze 'Cowrie Shell' Coins
  Zhou dynasty, possibly the Jin, Lu, and Wei cultures, with box
  Approx. 2.8cm long each (11).
• Provenance:
  C. C. Teng, Taipei, 28 February 1995, no. 002550 (label and receipt); The Hsiao Family collection
• Notes:
  Cowrie shells are amongst the earliest known forms of currency. In Neolithic China, cowrie shell currency was in large circulation during the Shang and Western Zhou dynasties. During the late Shang dynasty, the bronze age, bronze was cast into shell forms as money. During the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period, Jin, Lu and Wei cultures started to see such bronze shells covered with gold leaf such as those in this lot.
• Estimate:
  A$1,500 - 2,200
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Oriental

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