WESTERN HAN DYNASTY, CIRCA 3RD-2ND CENTURY BC

The mask with the tail-like extension at the end of the handle is similar to that seen on a small gilt-bronze garment hook, dated to the Han dynasty, illustrated in Ars Asiatica - VII - Documents d'Art Chinois de la Collection Osvald Sirén, Paris/Brussels, 1925, pl. IX, no. 173.