Lot 725
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A RARE JADE, SILVER AND GOLD-INLAID BRONZE BELT HOOK
A RARE JADE, SILVER AND GOLD-INLAID BRONZE BELT HOOK
A RARE JADE, SILVER AND GOLD-INLAID BRONZE BELT HOOK
A RARE JADE, SILVER AND GOLD-INLAID BRONZE BELT HOOK
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A RARE JADE, SILVER AND GOLD-INLAID BRONZE BELT HOOK

HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 220)

Details
A RARE JADE, SILVER AND GOLD-INLAID BRONZE BELT HOOK
HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 220)
The shaft is inlaid with five gold plaques decorated with coiled beasts interspersed with four pale greyish-green jade plaques with commas. The outer border is further decorated with gold and silver inlays with angular scroll design.
7 3⁄4 in. (19.9 cm.) long, cloth box
Provenance
Galaxie Art (B. K. Wong), Hong Kong, 25 October 1986.

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Lot Essay


A set of Eastern Han gold and jade plaques, similar to those decorating the present belt hook, formerly in the collection of Carl Kempe (1884-1967), was sold at Christie’s New York, Masterpieces of Early Chinese Gold and Silver, 12 September 2009, lot 510.

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