How long have you not seen the Kangxi Luohan Qianshu? Or have you never seen it before? Xiaobian rarely sees the auction of Kangxi Luohan Money Tree from the auctions of previous years, and today I will share a Kangxi Luohan Money Tree;
In the summer of 2007, the weather in Neijiang, Sichuan was dry, migrant workers in a residential area to wash an ancient well, looking for water, from the bottom of the well silt to find a Kangxi cash tree, tossed away from the Neijiang City Collectibles Market a shop owner income; Kangxi cash cow was rare at that time, the store asking price is also high, resulting in this cash tree for several months no one to ask, a Mr. Yuan after repeated consultation with the owner, and finally bought this money tree at a high price;
This Kangxi Luohan cash cow has a total of 21 Kangxi Luohan coins, ranging in diameter from 24 mm to 27.2 mm, as we all know, Kangxi Luohan money is also called "Chen" Xi Qian, xi character left less than a skim; folklore this version of Kangxi money, is due to the Yunnan copper transport in Beijing is not smooth and delayed, for the destruction of the temple Buddha statue and the old bronze ware cast in the capital, the Buddha statue contains gold and color golden (actually cast by refined brass), and the use of Kangxi Tongbao copper color has a clear difference, quite popular with the world. Later generations often picked their money to melt it to create utensils, which appeared bright and treasured, so the Kangxi Luohan money that has been handed down to this day is relatively rare; but personally, it is really common in actual auctions!
The lower left of the Kangxi Luohan cash cow, with the edge of the two Arhat coins as the support point, cast a bat flying straight up to the sky, and in the upper right, cast a bat that flew obliquely downwards, the image of these two bats is vivid and angular; the lower right of the cash cow casts a person, striding to support the waist, one hand supports the trunk of the money tree, there is a scene of shaking branches, and the details of the face of the person are still very clear;
Careful friends estimate that it can be seen that just at the bottom of the cash tree, the arrow in the picture below refers to this one is not the same as other Luohan coins, it is the largest diameter inside, the Luohan money back dragon and phoenix figure, according to the Tibetan description, the dragon head is up, the crest is down, it is a mutual playful chase, the look, the dynamic is full of spirit;
Kangxi heavy treasure back dragon phoenix big money than Kangxi Tongbao small flat back dragon phoenix more common, I checked part of the information in Huaxia auction, there is a single Kangxi Tongbao back dragon phoenix auction record, the legend of Huang Liang good appearance is very rare, you can see, this Kangxi Luohan cash cow is really precious, but also let us open our eyes;
Speaking of money trees, the earliest appearance can be traced back to the ancient Two Han Dynasty, money trees from the physical data, it can be seen that some money trees are semi-finished products in the minting process, and some money trees are samples or souvenirs minted by the Minting Bureau intentionally in the opening of the furnace to mint money, festive or major events, this Kangxi Luohan cash cow clearly belongs to the latter;
Handed down money trees are mostly seen in the Qing Dynasty, the length of the tree shape is different, the trunk of the money tree of the Qing Dynasty is mostly vertical line type, the coins hanging on the tree body have single rows, double rows and multiple rows, like this curved and layered Luohan cash tree is extremely rare; the money trees of the Qing Dynasty are more common in Xianfeng and Guangxu money trees, mostly in a row, and the top of the money tree or left and right are mostly attached with some decorative objects containing auspicious meanings;
In the following figure, the Han Dynasty "five baht" money tree and qian fan each, the money tree height: 185 mm, the top and bottom of the five baht coin 15 layers, the layer spacing is 12 mm, some of the coins fall off, the overall perfection; qian fan size: 125×78× 12 mm, fan core height 6 mm, front back eight into the fan, Beijing Chengxuan 2011 auction price (RMB): 276,000 yuan;
The five-baht money tree is a typical stacking process, which was widely used in the minting of coins in the early Han Dynasty, the Wang Mang period and the Eastern Han Dynasty, and was a classic way of minting money before the emergence of the mother money sand turning method. The die casting method has high production efficiency and low production cost, and is an advanced casting technology. Judging from archaeological excavations, the excavation of copper fan and its rarity have always been valued by the Tibetan community and academic circles. The characteristics of the stacking process of the coin tree are clear, and the rust of the coin falling off the fracture and the residual traces coincide with the characteristics of the coin body.