Interesting Ancient Chinese Charm For ID # 5 - Zodiac

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Jeff 11 Valued Member United Kingdom 498 Posts	Posted 04/04/2014 3:05 pm Here's the 5th one: Zodiac. Similar in design to some Song and Yuan Dynasty types I've seen - though not quite as worn as most. If anyone has an opinion or even better a reference for tis piece, would be much appreciated. Dimensions: 68 x 43 mm at maximum Weight: 19.86 grams www.kingstoncoincompany.co.uk Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16982 Posts	Posted 04/04/2014 10:03 pm A standard reference work on such pieces is "Metal Charms and Amulets of China" by Edgar J. Mandel. His classification system, which sorts basically by the number and types of characters and other objects that appear on the charm, is also used on the zeno.ru Chinese Charms pages. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
macmercury Pillar of the Community United States 5896 Posts	Posted 04/05/2014 09:00 am Interesting piece, top shape of a pagoda, the 1st pic has the character 'Sun" and the 2nd pic has the character 'Moon'. It has images of the 12 animals and the hours on the first pic again, can't quite make out what is on the side of the 'Moon'. Report this Post to the Staff
Petrus Pillar of the Community Belgium 2895 Posts	Posted 04/05/2014 2:52 pm http://primaltrek.com/charmarticles.html Report this Post to the Staff
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