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A RARE GILT-SILVER-INSET BRONZE MIRROR mirror was exhibited in Meikyo: Tokyo Orinpikku kinen [Clear
TANG DYNASTY Mirrors], The Gotoh Museum, Tokyo, 1964, cat. no. 59.
Additional comparable examples include a mirror in the
of floriform with eight petals, the silvered bronze inlaid to
one side with a silver sheet with traces of gilt, finely chased collection of the Penn Museum, Philadelphia, illustrated in
with phoenix and mythical beasts encircled by a foliate scroll Shina-kodo Seikwa or Selected Relics of Ancient Chinese
with birds and chilong, all against a ring-punched ground, Bronzes from Collections in Europe and America, Part II
centered by a pierced domed knop Ancient Mirrors, vol. II, Osaka, 1933, pl. 128; one sold in
Diameter 5⅛ in., 13 cm these rooms, 23rd March 2004, lot 592; one published in
The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum:
PROVENANCE Bronze Articles for Daily Use, Hong Kong, 2006, pl. 168; one
sold at Christie’s New York, 4th June 1987, lot 17; and five
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
smaller examples from the Eumorfopoulos Collection, now
Compare a slightly larger mirror of this type also decorated in the collections of Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York,
with mythical beast and bird motifs included in the exhibition and the R. A. Bidwell Collection, all illustrated in Shina-kodo
Animals and Animal Designs in Chinese Art, Eskenazi, New Seikwa, op. cit., pl. 131.
York, 1998, cat. no. 17. See also a related example with
six lions around the central knop, now in the Harvard Art $ 30,000-50,000
Museums, Cambridge (acc. no. 1943.52.168), exhibited in
Grenville L. Winthrop: Retrospective for a Collector, Fogg Art 唐 嵌銀鎏金雙鳳狻猊紋銅鏡
Museum, Cambridge, 1969, cat. no. 61, and inscribed with a
date corresponding to 682-683 beneath the silver backing. A 來源：
further gold-inset example from the same collection (acc. no.
1943.52.158) was included in ibid., cat. no. 62. Another related 史蒂芬•瓊肯三世 (1978年逝) 收藏

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A LARGE TURQUOISE-INLAID GILT-BRONZE 1933, cat. no. 70a. An Eastern Zhou dynasty example with
BELTHOOK gold and silver inlay was included in the exhibition Inlaid
WARRING STATES PERIOD - HAN DYNASTY bronze and related material from pre-Tang China, Eskenazi,
London, 1991, cat. no. 39.
the curved and faceted shaft tapering to a small dragon- For similar examples sold at auction, compare a belthook
head hook at one end, inlaid with gold lozenge-shaped panels from the collection of A. F. Philips that sold in our London
studded with turquoise bosses at the intersections, the rooms, 30th March 1978, lot 30, and another sold at
lozenges enclosing a network of intricate geometric designs Christie’s London, 11th June 1990, lot 25.
with further turquoise inlay, the reverse plain and centered
with a button with gold-inlaid whorl motif, wood stand (3) $ 15,000-20,000
Length 9⅜ in., 24 cm
PROVENANCE 戰國至漢 銅錯金嵌綠松石幾何紋帶鉤
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
來源：
Compare a closely related belthook exhibited in Chinese 史蒂芬•瓊肯三世 (1978年逝) 收藏
Art of the Warring States Period: Change and Continuity,
480-222 B.C., Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution,
Washington, D.C., 1982, cat. no. 48. Another similar example
from the Adolphe Stoclet Collection, attributed to the Han
dynasty, is illustrated in Shina-kodo Seikwa or Selected
Relics of Ancient Chinese Bronzes from Collections in Europe
and America, Part III Miscellaneous Objects, vol. I, Osaka,

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