Charm with four characters

Vladimir Belyaev
Apr.26, 1998
Obverse: Qiao ??? Tien Le
Qiao - bridge
Tien Le - divine music or sincere joy
It's interesting that second character is not Chinese but is similar to stylized drawing of waves or undulate on water
Reverse: plain
Diameter: 30 mm
Weight: 9.1 g


By Gilbert Tan note (27-Apr-98) it is a Japanese or Korean item, supposedly issued during the Ming or Ching period.

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