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LOT 4142
Reproduction of China, City of Shanghai, Xianfeng Tael. 20th century AD.
Four columns of four Chinese ideograms each, read vertically from right to left / Four columns of four Chinese ideograms each, read vertically from right to left. Year 6 of Xianfeng (1856). For prototype: Kann 900; L&M 589. Condition as seen.(29.17gr, 41mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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LOT 4142
Reproduction of China, City of Shanghai, Xianfeng Tael.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
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From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
