洪武通宝花钱一枚 上美品
Lot 1796 QING: AE charm, CCH-486, 101mm, large size charm, hong wu tong bao surronded by two fierce dragons youthful Emperor Tai Zu leading an ox or water buffalo, lovely patina, Fine to VF, RRR. The Ming Emperor Tai Zu, who rulled as Hong Wu, was born into a desperately poor peasant tenant farmer family in Zhongli Village in the Huai River plain, which is in present-day Fengyang, Anhui Province. This type of charm became popular with the Chinese people because it represented the hope that a person could become successful despite being born into a peasant family. This example is was likely cast in the Min Guo 40Republic41 era.Photo size reduced.