Lot 5698

Description

China, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), silver drum shaped sycee ingot, Shanxi Province, trough ingot, a local tax ingot for Wugong County, flattened base oval sycee, reading on right side 'Wu Gong', left side uncertain, four and a quarter taels or 5.1 ounces (158.2 g), height 36mm, width 45mm, depth 19mm, (Cribb 520-1 [p.182], type XLIIF), for similar size and characters. Good fine and rare.

Ex Mavin International, Singapore, Auction No.5, March 27, 2007 (lot 240 part).