CNG 96, Lot: 1080. Estimate $150. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CHINA, Eastern Zhou dynasty - Warring States Period. State of Wèi. The Pi clan of W. Shanxi. Circa 350-250 BC. Æ Half Jin – Square Foot Spade (44x27mm, 6.02 g). Pi Shi in early zhuànshū Hànzì (seal script) characters / Blank. BN Chinoises I 179; Yü-Ch'üan –; Shanghai I –; Hartill 3.348. Good VF, green and brown patina. A clear specimen.

From the J.P. Righetti Collection.