Interesting very large old cast of Ban Liang, 1800s-1930, China ex-CNG

Ban Liang / Blank. 38mm, 15.5 grams.

Very large piece, cast in tinned bronze, with the original collection tag. Probably intended as an amulet of some sorts.

Ex-CNG (Auction 275, lot 472, part of); Ex-Property of Princeton Economics acquired by Martin Armstrong (part of); Traditional Chinese collection board Presented by Dr. W.K. Ting to Captain Atherton Macandray, USN, in Shia, China, 7 November 1945 (part of).