Casting Block for Bronze Coins
Daten.d.
Place of ManufactureAsia
MediumMaterial: stone
DimensionsOverall: 13 x 2 x 26 cm
ClassificationsDECORATIVE ART
Credit LineMary Elizabeth Isserstedt Bequest
Object number2006.010.006
DescriptionMould is a rectangular shape with a central longitudinal groove and a pouring lip at one end. Surface is covered with circular indentations for the coins. Indentations have a square portion in the centre and characters on their surface. Each coin mould is interconnected to the central groove.Status
Not on view
c.1200 BC
Kutani Ware
c.950
