Miscellanies #2
No.
Msl/11
Weight: 74 grams/ 2 taels
Date: N/A
Inscriptions: 茂順
Mao Soon (Silver bank)
Notes:
A rare small piece in the Manchurian or Shandong One-Winged Shape.
Collection of Lisa and Dan Malloy
No.
Msl/12
Weight: 34.3 grams/ 1- taels
Date: N/A
Inscriptions:
Symbol of Fish
Notes:
A Tibetan Buddhist Offering Silver cast by a silver shop in Beijing under consignment.
There were 8 varieties of offering silver which carried the features of a vase, lotus, knot, conch, wheel, canopy, parasol and fish, each of them represented a truth or virtue of the Buddhist faith.
For reasons unknown, this type of offering silver is seen quite often in the markets of western countries, but is rarely found in China.
Collection of the webmaster
No.
Msl/13
Weight: 112 grams/ 3 taels
Date: N/A
Inscriptions: 祥信/金錢商標/電化純銀條/香港/文咸東街
Hsiang Hsin (Silver shop)
Golden Cash Trademark
Electrified Pure Silver Bar
Hong Kong
Wen Hsien E. Street
Notes:
Cast in around 1930s-1940s
Collection of the webmaster
No.
Msl/14
Weight: 18 grams/ 0.5 tael or 5 maces
Date: 1901 A.D.
Inscriptions: 沐恩弟子劉芝蘭敬奉/康王福主台前/酬謝洪恩/光緒辛丑年八月吉日
Presented by a blessed disciple Liu Tze-Lan to God King Kang, in thanks of his blessing.
The 8th Month, Hsin Chou (27th) Year of Kuang Hsu (1901)
Chopmarks: 金裕興
Gin Yu Hisn (The silver shop)
Notes:
A Taoist Offering Silver cast by Gin Yu Hsin-aA silver shop, under the consignment of Liu Tze-Lan.
The inscriptions are engraved.
Collection of Hu Chun Chung
Msl/15
Weight: 2 grams
Date: 1515 A.D.
Inscriptions: 正德十年．恩榮
The 10th Year of Zhen Der
Glorious Mercy
Note:
Collection of the webmaster
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