Lot 607
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A GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE BELT HOOK
A GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE BELT HOOK
A GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE BELT HOOK
A GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE BELT HOOK
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A GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE BELT HOOK

WARRING STATES PERIOD (475-221 BC)

Details
A GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE BELT HOOK
WARRING STATES PERIOD (475-221 BC)
The curved shaft is finely inlaid with overlapping scrolls filled with gold and silver 'stippling' and the dragon-head hook has gold-inlaid eyes.
4 ½ in. (11.5 cm.) long
Provenance
Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978) Collection.

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Lot Essay

A similar gold and silver-inlaid bronze belt hook, but of slightly larger size (12.8 cm. long), in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 28 - Bronze Articles for Daily Use, Hong Kong, 2006, p. 131, no. 110, where it is dated to the Han dynasty.

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