339, Lot: 474. Estimate $75. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CHINA, Eastern Zhou dynasty - Warring States Period. State of Zhào. City of Anyang. Circa 350-250 BC. Æ Half Jin – Square Foot Spade (48x29.5mm, 5.50 g). An Yang in early zhuànshū Hànzì (seal script) characters / Blank. BN Chinoises I 125; Hartill 3.182. VF, red and green patina, collector’s inventory sticker on reverse.

From the J.P. Righetti Collection.