Kueichow Drum & Basket #1
No.
Kc10/1
Weight: 372 grams/10 taels
Date: N/A
Inscriptions: 古州/又升恒
Gu Jou (County)
Yo Swan Heng (Silver bank)
Notes:
Collection of the webmaster
No.
Kc10/2
Weight: 368 grams/10 taels
Date: N/A
Inscriptions: 赤水國記/赤水國記
Chi Sui (County)
Guo Firm
Notes:
Collection of the webmaster
No.
Kc10/3
Weight: 368 grams/10 taels
Date: N/A
Inscriptions: 遵義縣/匠劉貞
Chun Yi County
Smith Liu Zhen
Notes:
Collection of Hu Chun Chung
No.
Kc10/4
Weight: 363 grams/10 taels
Date: N/A
Inscriptions: 遵義縣/匠帥玉
Chun Yi County
Smith Suai Yu
Notes:
Collection of the webmaster
Kc10/3 and Kc10/4 are two 10 tael pieces cast in Kueichow and which represent the typical Kueichow style. The local people called them "Lo Lo Yin", which means "the Basket Silver". Lo Lo Yin has an evident protruding rim and a circular shape, compared with the 10 tael Drum cast in the neighboring Szechuan, with a rim is not that outstanding and an oval outline
Kc10/1 and Kc10/2 are two 10 tael pieces which were also cast in Kueichow, but in the Szechuan Drum style. Obviously, they were cast under the influence of Szechuan.
The adoption of a distinctive local sycee pattern by another region points to
a close trading relationship between two areas, and indicates that the
region whose sycee pattern was adopted was the trading partner with superior
economic influence. Based on this, Szechuan was a superior power in it's
relationships with many provinces; in addition to Kuwichow, the features of the
Szechuan Drum sycee were also widely adopted in Hunan, Hubei, Kuangsi, Kuangtung,
Tibet, Hobei, Honan, and even in Manchuria.
No.
Kc10/5
Weight: 218 grams/6 taels
Date: N/A
Inscriptions: 貴陽府
Kuei Yang Prefecture
Notes:
Collection of Hu Chun Chung
No.
Kc10/6
Weight: 188 grams/5 taels
Date: N/A
Inscriptions: 貴陽/貴陽
Kuei Yang (County)
Notes:
Collection of Hu Chun Chung
No.
Kc10/7
Weight: 352 grams/10- taels
Date: N/A
Inscriptions: 榕江/裕興恒
Zong Jiang (County) Yu Hsin Heng (Silver bank)
Notes:
Collection of Hu Chun Chung
No.
Kc10/8
Weight: 184 grams/5 taels
Date: N/A
Inscriptions: 石阡府/永裕/永裕
Shi Chien Prefecture
Yong Yu (Silver bank)
Notes:
A Kueichow piece in the pattern of Chekiang Round
Collection of Hu Chun Chung
No.
Kc10/9
Weight: 182 grams/5 taels
Date: N/A
Inscriptions: 鎮遠錢局
Zhen Yuan (County) (Official) Monetary Bureau
Notes:
Collection of the webmaster
No.
Kc10/10
Weight: 10 taels
Date: 1895 A.D.
Inscriptions: 安順府/光緒二十一年/義和泉
An Soon Prefecture
The 21st Year of Kuang Hsu
Yi Ho Chuan (Silver bank)
Notes:
Collection of Hu Chun Chung
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