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PROPERTY FROM A GERMAN FAMILY
COLLECTION

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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
inscritpion, 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’.

6Ω in. (17 cm.) diam., box

HK$10,000-15,000 US$1,300-2,000

PROVENANCE

Max Müller (1867-1960), German Consul to
China
By descent to Irmgard Müller-Doertenback
(1909-2011)
Acquired by the present family in 1992

二十世紀初 咸豐重寶鎮庫大錢

來源
德國駐華領事Max Müller（1867-1960）珍藏
由Irmgard Müller-Doertenback（1909-2011）
繼承
1992年由現德國家族購藏

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