Fujien Square

---

No. Fjs/1

 

Weight: 377 grams/10 taels

 

Date: N/A

 

Inscriptions: 建陽/李

 

Jien Yang (County)

Li (A last name)

 

Notes: 

 

No Fujien Square Sycee have been reported in any publication, and we didn't know of them until a hoard of this type was unearthed in Fujien in 1999. Most of the unearthed squares are uninscribed (Fjs/2,3); only a few pieces were found to be stamped. Through Fjs/1,4 which both carry a place name, we know this type was cast and circulated in Fujien.

A book 問俗錄 "Wun Su Lu" (Quest of Customs) written in the 6th year of Tao Kuang (1826) by Chen Shen Shao, who served as a regional official in many areas in Fujien and Taiwan over a number of decades, indicates that Jien Yang and other Fujien counties adjacent to Jiangsi had lots of hills suitable for growing tea trees. For a long time this area was populated by hundreds of thousands of immigrants from Jiangsi who came across the border to rent the hills or seek  jobs. Based on such a background, it is very likely these newcomers also brought in sycee from their home province- Jiangsi Square- and had an influence on Fujien's local sycee. These Fujien Square are quite similar to the Jiangsi pattern.

 

Collection of the webmaster 

---

No. Fjs/2

 

Weight: 140 grams/4 taels

 

Date: N/A

 

Inscriptions: 

 

None

 

Notes: 

 

Collection of the webmaster 

---

No. Fjs/3

 

Weight: 36.2 grams/1 tael

 

Date: N/A

 

Inscriptions: 

 

None

 

Chopmarks: 杏/与

 

Hsing (Almond), Yu

 

Notes: 

 

Collection of the webmaster 

---

No. Fjs/4

 

Weight: 330 grams/9 taels

 

Date: N/A

 

Inscriptions: 閩縣/省洪源

 

Ming County

Shen Hung Yuan (Silver bank)

 

Notes: 

 

Collection of Hu Chun Chung

---

No. Fjs/5

 

Weight: 145 grams/4 taels

 

Date: N/A

 

Inscriptions: 紹一

Shao Yi (Probably, name of a silver shop)

Notes: 

 

Collection of the webmaster

---

Return to Square