CNG 96, Lot: 1074. Estimate $200. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CHINA, Eastern Zhou dynasty - Warring States Period. State of Jìn. Early 4th century BC. Æ Pointed Shoulder Spade (146x67mm, 37.00 g). Anepigraphic pointed shoulder spade with long, hollow handle. BN Chinoises I 66; Yü-Ch'üan pl. VI; Shanghai I 3; Hartill 2.181. VF, split at shoulder, original thick earthen deposits with underlying blue mineral encrustation.

From the J.P. Righetti Collection.