339, Lot: 481. Estimate $75. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CHINA, Eastern Zhou dynasty - Warring States Period. State of Zhào. City of Lin. Circa 350-250 BC. Æ Half Jin – Square Foot Spade (45x27mm, 6.22 g). Lin in early zhuànshū Hànzì (seal script) characters / Blank. BN Chinoises I 132-4; Hartill 3.331. Good VF, green patina.

From the J.P. Righetti Collection.