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Siam Gambling Token Spider
| Location | Thailand |
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| Year | 1869-1875 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | A raised spider device in high relief occupies the central field, rendered in blue glaze against a white porcelain ground. The spider is depicted with a rounded body and eight splayed legs, the blue wash shading into the recessed field around the device. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features an incuse Pa-Kua (Eight Trigrams) design arranged in an octagonal pattern around a central medallion bearing Chinese characters indicating the denomination Ch'ien. The trigrams are rendered as groups of parallel horizontal lines recessed into the unglazed white porcelain surface. |
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| Reverse lettering | Ch`ien |
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