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1 Salung - Bird of Paradise Siam Gambling Token
| Location | Thailand |
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| Year | 1800-1875 |
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| Thickness | 2.8 mm |
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| Obverse description | Polychrome glazed porcelain token modelled in the form of a bird with spread wings viewed from above, decorated with green, red-brown, and orange painted feather detailing. The head is rendered at the top with dotted plumage, and the tail feathers fan outward at the base. No inscriptions appear on this face. |
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| Reverse description | Plain white glazed reverse bearing a central raised boss surrounded by a painted spiral or yin-yang-style circular device in blue underglaze. Four characters or legends in blue underglaze are arranged around the central device: a Chinese character at top (合), a Chinese character at bottom (興), a Thai legend at lower left, and a Thai legend at lower right, identifying the issuing gambling house (hong) and denomination. |
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| Reverse lettering | 合 興 ถ้ ฉ 㒷 |
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