A LARGE INLAID BRONZE GARMENT HOOK

WARRING STATES PERIOD, 4TH-3RD CENTURY BC

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A LARGE INLAID BRONZE GARMENT HOOK
WARRING STATES PERIOD, 4TH-3RD CENTURY BC
Of arched form terminating in a small animal head hook, the faceted top inlaid in gold sheet and silver wire with geometric scroll patterns with turquoise glass inlay at the interstices, with further inlaid designs on the sides and circular button on the underside
9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) long, box

來源

Acquired in Hong Kong, 1992.

展覽

The Glorious Traditions of Chinese Bronzes, Singapore, 2000, no. 65.
Metal, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 2002-2006.

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拍品專文

A garment hook of similar type and comparable size (24.4 cm. long) is illustrated by T. Lawton, Chinese Art of the Warring States Period, Freer Gallery of Art, 1982, p. 98, no. 48, where a line drawing of one excavated at Erligang Zhengzhou, Henan, is also illustrated.