Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Includes five korean mapae horse tokens, three tokens dated to Tianqi period and two tokens dated to Yongzheng period, each impressed with the official seal of the Sangseowon Royal Equerry Bureau, and to the reverse size horses, these tokens granted the holder the right to use the number of horses featured for official state travel, presented together with one Chinese auspicious charm pendant with a longevity symbol to center surrounded by the characters 萬壽安寧 富貴福祿 (Ten thousand years of peaceful longevity, wealth, noble fortune, blessings and prosperity) and topped with a lizard or
chilong dragon.
Each 2 3/4 x 2 1/4 x 1/3 in.
From the Personal Jewelry Collection of the late Mary Ann Scherr, Raleigh, North Carolina General rubbing and wear to surface; some nicks to edges
