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WARRING STATES PERIOD/HAN DYNASTY, 4TH-3RD CENTURY BC
Details
Two Bronze Garment Hooks
Warring States period/Han dynasty, 4th-3rd century BC
One of long, slender form with a dragon-head hook at one end and a flat dragon head at the other, the center cast as the head and front legs of a monster, the top of the shaft on either side hollowed for inlay, with a button in the middle of the underside; the smaller cast as the abstract body of a bird with long tail and wings spread either side of a concave medallion, with bird's-head hook
7½ and 4 13/16in. (19 and 12.2cm.) long, one stand (2)
Warring States period/Han dynasty, 4th-3rd century BC
One of long, slender form with a dragon-head hook at one end and a flat dragon head at the other, the center cast as the head and front legs of a monster, the top of the shaft on either side hollowed for inlay, with a button in the middle of the underside; the smaller cast as the abstract body of a bird with long tail and wings spread either side of a concave medallion, with bird's-head hook
7½ and 4 13/16in. (19 and 12.2cm.) long, one stand (2)
Provenance
Bird-form hook: Walter Weinberger Ltd., London, 1952.