Lot 5713

Description

China, Qing Dynasty or Republic, base silver boat or shoe shaped sycee ingot of one tael, made on a flat oval base, with high edges, modern manufacture made to represent an original but an old contemporary copy, 1.15 ounces (34.55 g), others as a Shanxi Fushou small boat shaped ingots, one for one tael as a presentation ingot (34.8 g) with one character 'fu' (blessings) within boat, another half tael (18.6 g), this with one character 'shau' (long life) within boat, (Cribb 240 and 146 respectively). Very fine. (3)

Ex Yue Po Chai Antique Company, Hong Kong, November 1986 for the first ingot; and others from Queens Road, Hong Kong March 1985.