339, Lot: 471. Estimate $100. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CHINA, Eastern Zhou dynasty - Warring States Period. State of Yān. Circa 600-400 BC. Æ Pointed Tip Knife (148x21mm, 16.07 g). Type II. Liu (Eight) in early zhuànshū Hànzì (seal script) characters / Blank. BN Chinoises I –; Hartill 4.16. For cutting, see Hartill 4.33. VF, green-brown patina, collector’s inventory sticker on obverse. Tip cut in antiquity.

From the J.P. Righetti Collection.