Lot 5699

Description

China, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), silver drum shaped sycee ingot, Shanxi Province, trough ingot, a local tax ingot for uncertain County, flattened base oval sycee, reading on right side 'Chang Sheng?', left side 'Yin Li' (silver foundry), three and three quarter taels or 4.45 ounces (138 g), height 38mm, width 43.5mm, depth 19.3mm, (Cribb 540 [p.184], type XLIIG, Pl.52), for similar size. Very fine and rare.

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