Piece of spade money | Yale University Art Gallery

6th–5th century B.C.E.

Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 5 1/4 × 2 1/4 in. (13.3 × 5.7 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Dr. Howard Balensweig, B.S. 1943, and Mrs. Carolyn Balensweig
Accession Number: 1972.123.2b
Geography: Excavated in Wucheng, Shandong province, China
Culture: Chinese
Period: Zhou dynasty (1050–256 B.C.)
Classification: Numismatics
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Provenance

Dr. Howard Balensweig, (1921–2011) and Carolyn Balensweig, (born 1945), New York: gift in 1972 to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

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Additional information

Inscriptions

Bears on one side 2 or 3 Chinese characters: Yu zhong kou, meaning not presently clear

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