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A VERY RARE PIERCED ‘DRAGON
AND PHOENIX’ BELT HOOK
LATE WARRING STATES PERIOD TO EARLY
WESTERN HAN DYNASTY, CIRCA 300-141 B.C.
The curved open-work shaft is carved with a sinuous phoenix,
terminating at an upturned dragon head. A square stud is on the plain
reverse.
4¡ in. (11 cm.) long, box
HK$2,500,000-4,000,000
US$330,000-520,000

PROVENANCE
Jinhuatang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1996
LITERATURE
Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, The National Palace
Museum, Taipei, 1999, cat. no. 183

戰國晚期至西漢早期 龍首鳳紋玉帶鈎

來源 detail
金華堂舊藏，1996 年購於台北 細部

出版
國立故宮博物院，《群玉別藏續集》，台北，1999 年，圖錄圖
版 183 號

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