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PROPERTY FROMERLY IN THE COLLECTION OF WILLIAM AND BERNADETTE BERGER
A GOLD, SILVER AND TURQUOISE-INLAID BRONZE GARMENT HOOK, DAIGOU
EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 4TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
A GOLD, SILVER AND TURQUOISE-INLAID BRONZE GARMENT HOOK, DAIGOU
Eastern Zhou Dynasty, 4th Century B.C.
Of slender tear shape and arched profile, the curved shaft with a chamfered ridge along its length, inlaid all over in silver and gold sheet with a geometric design of conjoined bands and folutes forming an interlocking diamond pattern on a ground of turquoise chips, with similar volutes in silver and gold sheet on the narrow sides, with a small dragon-head hook and a simple button on the underside
9 3/8in. (23.8cm.) long
Eastern Zhou Dynasty, 4th Century B.C.
Of slender tear shape and arched profile, the curved shaft with a chamfered ridge along its length, inlaid all over in silver and gold sheet with a geometric design of conjoined bands and folutes forming an interlocking diamond pattern on a ground of turquoise chips, with similar volutes in silver and gold sheet on the narrow sides, with a small dragon-head hook and a simple button on the underside
9 3/8in. (23.8cm.) long
Provenance
Christie's New York, 18 September 1997, lot 332