Wire Silver and Calcite

Tiezhai Mine, Linqu Co., Weifang, Shandong, China
Miniature, 3.8 x 3.3 x 1.7 cm
Start Time: 01/23/2025 7:00:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 01/30/2025 6:30:00 pm (CST)
Auction Closed
Winning Bid: $309

Item Description

An elegant curved and curled, acanthite-coated, silver wire is aesthetically attached to a sculptural miniature matrix of intergrown, gray, blocky, complex Calcite rhombohedrons. The wire is 3.0 cm tall at the point of attachment and would probably be 5 to 6 cm tall, if stretched out. Much more silver embedded on one side of the calcites adds richness and character. This excellent combination piece is from more modern era finds in China (2015-on), not the older source in Shanxi (although they look similar). These contemporary Chinese silvers look a lot like some German or Kongsberg styles from old times or from recent finds in Morocco.

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Bidding History

Bid Amount Bid Time
$309 01/30/2025 6:19:19 pm (CST)
$299 01/30/2025 6:15:43 pm (CST)
$289 * 01/30/2025 6:13:35 pm (CST)
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$279 01/30/2025 6:06:24 pm (CST)
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$34 01/24/2025 11:44:07 am (CST)
$29 01/24/2025 11:44:07 am (CST)
$10 01/24/2025 10:16:26 am (CST)
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