Huizong CE 1101-1125AE 10 Cash, 34 mm, 10.17 g, CE 1106-1106
Schjöth 621
O: Characters CHUNG NING TONG PAO
R: blank
Ex: F. S. Robinson
Acquisition: 2001
It is believed that calligraphy on this coin is an example of the Emperor’s own “thin-gold” style that later became known as “imperial” style.
Below is an example of a painting done by Huizong, who was also an accomplished painter. The painting is in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC:
Finches and Bamboo
Emperor Huizong (Chinese, 1082–1135, reigned 1101–25)
Handscroll; ink and color on silk; 11 x 18 in. (27.9 x 45.7 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
John M. Crawford, Jr. Collection, Purchase, Douglas Dillon Gift, 1981 (1981.278)
