Kuangtung Square Trough #2
Kt10/11
Weight: 10 taels
Date: 1786 A.D.
Inscriptions: 長樂/乾隆伍拾一年/潮運德合記
Chang Le (County)
The 51st Year of the Chien Lung Reign
Chao (District) Salt Transportation (Commissioner), Der He Firm (The smith)
Notes:
Collection of Hu Chun Chung
No.
Kt10/12
Weight: 10 taels
Date: 1785 A.D.
Inscriptions: 源阜/伍拾年四月/潮運同恒足
Yuan Fu (Name of an Official salt merchant)
The 4th Month, 50th Year of Chien Lung
Chao (District) Yun Tong. Heng Ju (Silver bank)
Notes:
運同 "Yun Tong": Deputy Commissioner of Salt Transportation
Collection of Hu Chun Chung
No.
Kt10/13
Weight: 366 grams/10 taels
Date: 1900 A.D.
Inscriptions: 長甯縣/光緒二十六年/八月銀匠陸裕祥
Chang Ning County
The 26th Year of Kuang Hsu
The 8th Month. Silversmith Lu Yu Hsiang
Notes:
Collection of the webmaster
No.
Kt10/14
Weight: 380 grams/10+ taels
Date: 1866 A.D.
Inscriptions: 粵海關/同治五年/五月秦永合
The Kuangtung Maritime Customs
The 5th Year of Tong Tze
The 5th Month. Chin Yong Ho (The smith)
Notes:
Collection of Hu Chun Chung
No.
Kt10/15
Weight: 353 grams/10- taels
Date: N/A
Inscriptions: 南海/潮運同記/潮運同記
Nan Hai (County)
Chao (District) Yun Tong Firm
Notes:
Collection of the webmaster
This piece is one of the rarest types among all Kuangtung Square Troughs, it was a salt tax submitted by Nan Hai County to the Deputy Commissioner of Salt Transportation Aadministration in Chao District, and cast by an official silver shop "Tong Firm"(同記) of the Administration.
More details are provided in "A Study on Square Troughs of the Southern Provinces During the Ching Dynasty"(清代南方諸省方鏪考)
No.
Kt10/16
Weight: 360 grams/10- taels
Date: N/A
Inscriptions: 南海/潮運東記/潮運東記
Nan Hai (County)
Chao (District) Yun Dong Firm
Notes:
Collection of Hu Chun Chung
This piece is one of the rarest types among all Kuangtung Square Troughs, it was a salt tax submitted by Nan Hai County to the Deputy Commissioner of Salt Transportation Aadministration in Chao District, and cast by an official silver shop "Dong Firm"(東記) of the Administration.
More details are provided in "A Study on Square Troughs of the Southern Provinces During the Ching Dynasty"(清代南方諸省方鏪考)
No.
Kt10/17
Weight: 10 taels
Date: 1806 A.D
Inscriptions: 南海/嘉慶十一年/嘉慶十一年
Nan Hai (County)
The 11th Year of Jia Ching
Notes:
Collection of Hu Chun Chung
This piece was a local reserve cast by and for the government of Hai Nan County.
More details are provided in "A Study on Square Troughs of the Southern Provinces During the Ching Dynasty"(清代南方諸省方鏪考)
No.
Kt10/18
Weight: 10 taels
Date: N/A
Inscriptions: 義記/正造義記/正造義記
Yi Firm
Genuinely Made by Yi Firm
Chopmarks: 東
Dong (East)
Notes:
Collection of Hu Chun Chung
This piece is believed to be cast for the purpose of or in relation to the business activities of the 13 Firms, their members or affiliates.
More details are provided in "A Study on Square Troughs of the Southern Provinces During the Ching Dynasty"(清代南方諸省方鏪考)
No.
Kt10/19
Weight: 10 taels
Date: 1805 A.D
Inscriptions: 南海/嘉慶十年/二月南記
Nan Hai (County)
The 10th Year of Jia Ching
The 2nd Month, Nan Firm
Notes:
Collection of Hu Chun Chung
This piece was a tax silver submitted to the Kuangtung Government by Hai Nan County.
More details are provided in "A Study on Square Troughs of the Southern Provinces During the Ching Dynasty"(清代南方諸省方鏪考)
No.
Kt10/20
Weight: 10 taels
Date: 1862 A.D
Inscriptions: 粵海關/同治元年/三月 日
The Kuangtung Maritime Customs
The 1st Year of Tung Tze
The 3rd Month, Day
Assaying chop: 義聚
Yi Jiu (Firm)
Notes:
Collection of Hu Chun Chung
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