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A LOT OF SILVER AND IRON COINS, BEADS, AND INGOTS, 19TH-20TH CENTURY
奥地利
09月10日 下午5点 开拍 / 09月08日 下午3点 截止委托
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A LOT OF SILVER AND IRON COINS, BEADS, AND INGOTS, 19TH-20TH CENTURY
This lot is a museum deaccession and is therefore offered without reserve

Thailand, China, Indonesia, and Mesopotamia. Comprising 16 smaller and 26 larger bullet coins (pod duang), each of silver, in the form of a bar bent into a roundish shape, and stamped with hallmarks; 34 silver beads on strings; two silver sycee (yuanbao); one intaglio bead with a goat; and four iron bullet coins (perulu pitunang) with low relief decoration depicting dragons and swirls. (circa 83)

Provenance: Galerie Hardt (established in 1976), Radevormwald, Germany, before 2020. Acquired by the gallery’s founder Peter Hardt (b. 1946) during his extensive travels in Asia, the first of which occurred during a formative world tour in 1973. Throughout his storied career, Peter Kienzle-Hardt organized countless exhibitions and participated in major international art fairs. He made many important contacts during this time and eventually met the Kienzle siblings, who shared his passion for Asian art and culture. A strong bond and deep friendship developed, ultimately leading to the creation of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst decades later in 2014. While the museum’s permanent exhibition predominantly comprised pieces from the Kienzle Family Collection, Peter Kienzle-Hardt supplemented it with objects from his own collection. Before his death in 2019, Horst Kienzle bequeathed his entire property to Peter and legally adopted him as his son, who has been using the name Peter Kienzle-Hardt ever since.
Condition: Good condition with usual wear, casting irregularities, minor corrosion, nicks, and light surface scratches.

Weight: 717 g (total)
Dimensions: Length 0.6-2.9 cm

Pod duang were a type of coinage historically used in Thailand and its predecessor kingdoms with the earliest common use in the Sukhothai Kingdom (13th–15th centuries). They were almost exclusively made of silver and were issued according to the baht system of weights. In 1904, bullet coins were discontinued in favor of flat coinage.

Sycee is a type of gold and silver ingot, which was common in imperial China during the Qing dynasty. The shape and amount are variable as they were not made by a central bank but by individual gold and silver smiths.

Peluru pitunang, also known as bullet money or bullet coin, is an iron bullet often etched on the surface with dragons, swirls, and Arabic letters, and used as a talisman for better targeting during a hunt.

Literature comparison:
Compare a related group of silver coins, Thailand, late 19th to early 20th century, in the British Museum, registration number As1977,12.5.a-d. Compare a related silver ingot, in the Horniman Museum & Gardens, museum number nn18078.

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拍品估价:400 - 800 欧元 起拍价格:200 欧元  买家佣金: 35.00%

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