PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
COMMEMORATIVE SILVER SET OF "RHAPSODY ON THE GODDESS OF RIVER LUO" BASED ON THE FAMOUS PAINTING BY GU KAIZHI
EIGHT ONE-OUNCE .999 PROOF SILVER COINS OF TEN YUAN DENOMINATION EACH, ENCAPSULATED, SEALED IN ORIGINAL MINT PLASTIC AND BOXED
THE COMMON OBVERSE OF EACH 10 YUAN COIN BEARS A DOUBLE CHARIOTS FROM A STONE CARVING OF THE HAN DYNASTY FOUND IN SHANDONG PROVINCE; DATE BELOW.
EACH REVERSE DESIGN FEATURES A DIFFERENT SCENE FROM THE FAMOUS SCROLL PAINTING "RHAPSODY ON THE GODDESS OF RIVER LUO" FORMING A CONTINUING STORY WHEN THE 8 RECTANGULAR COINS ARE PLACED IN SEQUENCE END TO END.
KM #'s 1262-1269
GU KAIZHI (344-406) WAS A CELEBRATED PAINTER OF ANCIENT CHINA, AND HIS HANDPAINTED SCROLL THIS COIN TRIBUTE IS BASED ON, "THE NYMPH OF THE LUO RIVER", ILLUSTRATES A POEM BY FAMED POET CAO ZHI (192-232). A SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY COPY RESTS IN THE BEIJING PALACE MUSEUM AND ANOTHER IS IN THE FREER GALLERY IN WASHINGTON D.C.
CHARIOTS, HORSES AND ARMORED WARRIORS, COURTESANS AND FANCIFUL WATERCRAFT, MYTHOLOGICAL FIGURES AND REFINED LANDSCAPES ARE DEPICTED ON THE COINS IN HOMAGE TO THE TREASURED WORK OF ART ON WHICH THE IMAGERY IS BASED.
EACH COIN CONTAINS 31.1035 GRAMS OF .999 FINE SILVER(1.0 OZ ASW) AND MEASURES 42 MM x 27.5 MM
TOTAL SET CONTAINS 8 OUNCES ACTUAL SILVER WEIGHT
MAXIMUM MINTAGE FOR EACH COIN 13,800!
SET COMES IN THE ORIGINAL PRESENTATION BOX WITH CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY AND THE PRISTINE COINS HAVE NEVER BEEN OPENED, SEALED AND ENCAPSULATED IN THE CUSTOM EIGHT COIN HOLDER!
DUE TO THE OVERALL 18 1/4" LENGTH OF THE PROTECTIVE SEALED CAPSULE, THE PHOTOGRAPHS HAVE BEEN PUT TOGETHER IN SECTIONS OF 2 SO THAT DETAIL MAY BE SEEN
