A RARE SMALL GLASS-INLAID GILT-METAL BELT HOOK
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A RARE SMALL GLASS-INLAID GILT-METAL BELT HOOK

CHINA, LATE WARRING STATES-EARLY EASTERN HAN DYNASTY, 3RD CENTURY BC-1ST CENTURY AD

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A RARE SMALL GLASS-INLAID GILT-METAL BELT HOOK
CHINA, LATE WARRING STATES-EARLY EASTERN HAN DYNASTY, 3RD CENTURY BC-1ST CENTURY AD
Cast in the shape of a crouching animal, with the head at one end, the legs along the sides and the back with blue glass inlay, the eyes and those of the dragon head hook also inlaid in glass
3 ½ in. (8.9 cm.) long, box
Provenance
The Collection of Robert H. Ellsworth, New York, before 1995.
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This lot is offered without reserve.

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