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A PALE GREEN JADE ‘DRAGON’ BELT HOOK

WARRING STATES PERIOD (475-221 BC)

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A PALE GREEN JADE ‘DRAGON’ BELT HOOK
WARRING STATES PERIOD (475-221 BC)
This garment hook is decorated with shallow relief panels, with straight sides that narrow towards a hook, which ends in a three dimensional carved dragon head. On the undecorated underside is a small circular stud.
6 5/8 in. (17 cm.) long, box
Provenance
The Yangdetang Collection, Taipei, acquired prior to 1995
Literature
Teng Shu-p’ing, Collectors Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1995, pl. 59, pp. 172-173
Exhibited
National Palace Museum, Collectors Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1995, Catalogue, pl. 59

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