CNG 96, Lot: 1071. Estimate $200. Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CHINA, Eastern Zhou dynasty. 7th-6th centuries BC. Æ Square Shoulder Spade (96x52mm, 33.71 g). Square shoulder spade with hollow handle; Shi in early zhuànshū Hànzì (seal script) charcters in right field. BN Chinoises I –; Yü-Ch'üan –; Shanghai I 70; Hartill 2.78. Good VF, green patina with a light dusting of brown earthen deposits.

From the J.P. Righetti Collection.