CNG 96, Lot: 1078. Estimate $200. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CHINA, Eastern Zhou dynasty - Warring States Period. State of Wèi or Jìn. City of Wu. Late 6th-early 5th centuries BC. Æ Sloping Shoulder Spade (96x46mm, 22.98 g). Sloping shoulder spade with hollow handle; Wu in early zhuànshū Hànzì (seal script) characters. BN Chinoises I 64; Yü-Ch'üan –; Shanghai I 175; Hartill 2.170. Good VF, blue-gree/green patina with brown earthen deposits.

From the J.P. Righetti Collection.