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A BRONZE OPENWORK BELT HOOK
CIRCA 5TH-3RD CENTURY BC
The rectangular belt hook is cast in openwork with a feeing stag being attacked from
behind by a wolf, a hook is at one end and a circular button is on the reverse. There is
malachite encrustation on both sides.
5º in. (13.5 cm.) wide, box
$3,000-5,000
PROVENANCE
The Erwin Harris Collection, Miami, Florida, 1990.
Compare the larger (8 in. long) bronze openwork belt hook of this type, ascribed to
Northwest China, 3rd century BC, illustrated by E. C. Bunker et al., Nomadic Art of the
Eastern Eurasian Steppes, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2002, p. 148,
no. 124, where the similarly-shaped outer border encloses an openwork scene of a
wolf attacking a dzo.
約公元前五至三世紀 青銅狼噬鹿紋帶鈎
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