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256 A RARE GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID BELT HOOK
WARRING STATES PERIOD - HAN DYNASTY
戰國至漢 銅錯金銀幾何紋帶鉤

well cast with a small bird head-form hook gracefully tapering to an arched, faceted body, finely decorated to the top with a
geometric pattern of scrolls and dots, the sides with further geometric scrolls, the underside with a circular button decorated
with a whirl motif

Length 4⅜ in., 11.2 cm
$ 12,000-15,000

PROVENANCE 來源
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978). 史蒂芬•瓊肯三世（1978年逝）收藏

See two closely related gold and silver-inlaid bronze belt hooks of similar size, decorated with the same geometric
pattern, one formerly in the David David-Weill Collection, exhibited in Ancient Chinese Bronzes and Gilt Bronzes from
the Wessen and Other Collections, Eskenazi, London, 1980, cat. no. 14, and the other sold in our London rooms, 24th
February 1970, lot 11. Compare also a larger belt hook of this type, included in the exhibition Ancient Chinese and
Ordos Bronzes, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1990, cat. no. 123; and another with turquoise inlay, exhibited
in The Glorious Traditions of Chinese Bronzes, Singapore, Asian Civilizations Museum, 2000, pl. 65.

比較兩例，銅錯金銀幾何紋帶鉤，紋飾與本品相同，尺寸 例，尺寸較大，曾展於《青銅聚英：中國古代與鄂爾多斯
相近，其一出自大維•威爾收藏，展《Ancient Chinese 青銅器》，香港藝術館，香港，1990年，編號123；尚有
Bronzes and Gilt Bronzes from the Wessen and Other 一例，嵌綠松石，展於《中國青銅器萃賞》，亞洲文明博
Collections》，埃斯卡納齊，倫敦，1980年，編號14。 物館，新加坡，2000年，圖版 65。
其二售於倫敦蘇富比1970年2月24日，編號11。再比一

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