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A BRONZE OPENWORK BELT
827 BUCKLE HALF
34 THE HARRIS COLLECTION: 6TH-3RD CENTURY BC
The belt buckle half is cast in openwork
IMPORTANT EARLY CHINESE ART with two vertical rows of recumbent
animals with backward-turned heads
and long tails, and the joined body of two
similar animals form the curved bar from
which projects the raptor-head hook
opposite a small loop at the other edge.
3 in. (7.6 cm.) wide

$1,500-2,500

PROVENANCE

Joseph G. Gerena, New York, 1996.
The Erwin Harris Collection, Miami,
Florida.

公元前六至三世紀 青銅獸紋帶扣

827
A BRONZE BUCKLE WITH CHAIN
AND A BRONZE BELT ORNAMENT
NORTHEAST AND NORTHWEST
CHINA, 6TH-4TH CENTURY BC
The buckle is cast in openwork as two
intertwined serpents with linked chains
suspended from their mouths, with a
small hook at one end and a button on
the reverse. The belt ornament is cast as
two intersecting animal-headed serpents
joined at mid-section by a boss, with a
small loop on the reverse.
2¬ and 2 in. (6.7 and 5.1 cm.) wide

(2)

$1,500-2,500

PROVENANCE

Dr. Ping Yiu Tam Collection, Hong Kong.
J. J. Lally & Co., New York, 1993.
The Erwin Harris Collection, Miami,
Florida.

LITERATURE

J. F. So and E. C. Bunker, Traders and
Raiders on China’s Northern Frontier,
Washington D.C., Arthur M. Sackler
Gallery, 1995, pp. 162 (ornament) and
171-172 (buckle with chain), nos. 85
(ornament) and 98 (buckle with chain).

公元前六至四世紀 中國北部 青銅
蛇紋帶飾