339, Lot: 477. Estimate $75. Sold for $65. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CHINA, Eastern Zhou dynasty - Warring States Period. State of Zhào. City of Dayin. Circa 350-250 BC. Æ Half Jin – Pointed Foot Spade (53.5x29.5mm, 4.95 g). Da Yin in early zhuànshū Hànzì (seal script) characters / Qi (Seven) in early zhuànshū Hànzì (seal script) characters. Cf. BN Chinoises I 109; Hartill 3.63. VF, gray-green patina, feet chipped, spot of red ink on reverse.

From the J.P. Righetti Collection.