AN IMPORTANT DIAN TURQUOISE-INLAID BRONZE BUCKLE ORNAMENT

AN IMPORTANT DIAN TURQUOISE-INLAID BRONZE BUCKLE ORNAMENT
Dian Culture, circa 2nd Century BC
The centre of the round plaque inset with a carnelian agate roundel within a hatched red lacquer starburst, the disc inlaid with tiny pierced turquoise discs, the narrower inner band decorated with red triangular motifs, the outer band plain and similarly inlaid, the band at the rim left plain, the reverse with an attachment hook, some areas of malachite encrustation, inlay losses
7 5/8 in. (19.4 cm.) diam.