World Silver & Bronze
Lot 1779 Session 6 (9.30am Thursday) World Silver & Bronze
Estimate $350
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $270
CHINA, Ch'ing Dynasty (1644-1911), silver drum shaped sycee ingot, similar to type 'Sichuan Piaoding' ten taels or ten ounce type, with one large two four character block and another small two sharacter block of stamps, 'Fu-Tai', (cf.Cribb 463 (PL.49) for similar size ingot. Very fine and very rare.
Cribb records several examples of similar types to above piece.
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