Bars

[peter]

Hello Gents,

i hope you can help we picked these up at a military fair today because we liked the decoration on them and found them unusual, i would think Chinese so excuse my thread on the board, i am looking for a steer in the right direction as i can find nothing through Google, they are 9in x 1in x 4mm silver in colour with the same 'kanji' on reverse on all 3.

many thanks,

Peter

[cabowen]

Kanji read: Spring Summer Fall Winter

 

back reads 足銀　I think, which may mean silver plate? Can't find it in the dictionary....

[k morita]

Hi,

Yes,the bars are silver bars of China(I don't know the era).

足銀 means pure silver (More than 95%) in China.

[peter]

thank you Morita

it seems we did well then on the silver value aspect but i feel they will be put with my partners small collection of netsuke, budha and ivory Hotei

Peter

[Geraint]

Hi Peter.

 

Had a thought that these might be scholar's paperweights and did a quick search to find this one. http://www.trocadero.com/stores/bamboo/ ... 44305.html

 

Still not sure as they seem in contradiction to taste but who knows?

 

All the best.

[peter]

great link Geraint,

thanks for everyones help .

Peter

[Toryu2020]

Peter,

Do a search for bunchin 文鎮 - paperweights, and there is no accounting for taste!