339, Lot: 478. Estimate $75. Sold for $55. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CHINA, Eastern Zhou dynasty - Warring States Period. State of Zhào. City of Jinyang. Circa 350-250 BC. Æ Half Jin – Pointed Foot Spade (55x31, 5.89 g). Jin Yang Ban (Jinyang Half [Jin]) in early zhuànshū Hànzì (seal script) characters / Blank. Cf. BN Chinoises I 99-100; Hartill 3.86. Near VF, green patina, slight chip on left foot.

From the J.P. Righetti Collection.