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A GLASS-INLAID GOLD AND SILVER
DECORATED-BRONZE BELT HOOK
WARRING STATES-WESTERN HAN
DYNASTY (475 BC-AD 8)
The pierced, hollow broad end is cast as an
animal head with ribbed horns that curve
backwards to surround a circular glass inlay
above back-swept, silvered scrolls on the
ribbed sides. A silver ribbed band is at the
base of the neck of the dragon-head hook
which has inlaid glass eyes.
3 in. (7.6 cm.) long
$6,000-8,000

PROVENANCE

Spink & Son Ltd., London, 15 December 1989.
The Erwin Harris Collection, Miami, Florida.

LITERATURE

Spink and Son, Ltd., “Chinese Jewelry and
Glass,” London, 1989, no. 110.

戰國/西漢 銅鎏金銀鑲琉璃帶鈎

(detail)

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