339, Lot: 469. Estimate $75. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CHINA, Eastern Zhou dynasty - Warring States Period. State of Wèi. City of Zhaiyang. Circa 350-250 BC. Æ Half Jin – Square Foot Spade. Zhai Yang in early zhuànshū Hànzì (seal script) characters / Blank. BN Chinoises I 206-8; Hartill 3.417. Near VF, red and green patina.

From the J.P. Righetti Collection.