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WARRING STATES PERIOD, 4TH-3RD CENTURY BC
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A TURQUOISE-INLAID AND SILVER-DECORATED GILT-BRONZE OPENWORK GARMENT HOOK
WARRING STATES PERIOD, 4TH-3RD CENTURY BC
Cast in openwork at one end with the head of a dragon or canine, its long ears grasped in the forefeet of a creature with short beak and long ears that stretch back to the turquoise-inlaid, feather-patterned wings of an owl in the center, its foreclaws grasping the ears of another animal mask. The other end terminates in a small animal head hook. A circular button is on the underside.
8 5/8 in. (22 cm.) long
WARRING STATES PERIOD, 4TH-3RD CENTURY BC
Cast in openwork at one end with the head of a dragon or canine, its long ears grasped in the forefeet of a creature with short beak and long ears that stretch back to the turquoise-inlaid, feather-patterned wings of an owl in the center, its foreclaws grasping the ears of another animal mask. The other end terminates in a small animal head hook. A circular button is on the underside.
8 5/8 in. (22 cm.) long
Provenance
Yamanaka & Co., Inc., New York, 1943.
Raymond A. Bidwell (1876-1954) Collection.
The Springfield Museums, Springfield, Massachusetts, accessioned in 1962.
Raymond A. Bidwell (1876-1954) Collection.
The Springfield Museums, Springfield, Massachusetts, accessioned in 1962.
Literature
Collection of Chinese and Other Far Eastern Art, Yamanaka & Co., Inc., New York, 1943, no. 145.
The Raymond A. Bidwell Collection of Chinese Bronzes and Ceramics, Fine Arts Museum, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1965, pp. 60-61.
The Raymond A. Bidwell Collection of Chinese Bronzes and Ceramics, Fine Arts Museum, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1965, pp. 60-61.
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