WARRING STATES PERIOD, 5TH-3RD CENTURY BC

This belt hook is notable for its boldly vase relief decoration and the generous gilding. A similar gilt-bronze belt hook dated Warring States period, 4th century BC, from Sanjicun in Pingshanxian, is illustrated in Hebei sheng chutu wenwu xuanji, Beijing, 1980, p. 55, no. 220.