339, Lot: 483. Estimate $100. Sold for $85. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CHINA, Eastern Zhou dynasty - Warring States Period. State of Zhào. City of Xieshan. Circa 350-250 BC. Æ Jin – Pointed Foot Spade (78x43mm, 13.43 g). Xie Shan in early zhuànshū Hànzì (seal script) characters / Blank. BN Chinoises I –; Hartill 3.120. Fine, brown and green patina, left shoulder broken. Rare.

From the J.P. Righetti Collection.