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WARRING STATES-WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (475 BC-AD 8)
Details
A GLASS-INLAID GOLD AND SILVER DECORATED-BRONZE BELT HOOK
WARRING STATES-WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (475 BC-AD 8)
The pierced, hollow broad end is cast as an animal head with ribbed horns that curve backwards to surround a circular glass inlay above back-swept, silvered scrolls on the ribbed sides. A silver ribbed band is at the base of the neck of the dragon-head hook which has inlaid glass eyes.
3 in. (7.6 cm.) long
WARRING STATES-WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (475 BC-AD 8)
The pierced, hollow broad end is cast as an animal head with ribbed horns that curve backwards to surround a circular glass inlay above back-swept, silvered scrolls on the ribbed sides. A silver ribbed band is at the base of the neck of the dragon-head hook which has inlaid glass eyes.
3 in. (7.6 cm.) long
Provenance
Spink & Son Ltd., London, 15 December 1989.
The Erwin Harris Collection, Miami, Florida.
The Erwin Harris Collection, Miami, Florida.
Literature
Spink and Son, Ltd., “Chinese Jewelry and Glass,” London, 1989, no. 110.