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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
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A GILT-BRONZE BELT HOOK
WARRING STATES PERIOD, 5TH-3RD CENTURY BC
The arched shaft is finely cast with two pairs of intertwined dragons
terminating in a dragon-head-form hook.
7¿ in. (18.1 cm.) long, Japanese wood box
$15,000-18,000
PROVENANCE:
In Japan by 1974.
Kochukyo, Tokyo.
EXHIBITED:
Venice, Arte Cinese, 1954 (according to label).
Osaka, Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, Kandai no Bijutsu, 1974.
New York, Kaikodo, 2014.
LITERATURE:
Kandai no Bijutsu, Osaka, 1974, p. 33, pl. 2-134.
Kaikodo Journal, New York, Spring 2014, no. 41.
This belt hook is notable for its boldly vase relief decoration and the
generous gilding. A similar gilt-bronze belt hook dated Warring States
period, 4th century BC, from Sanjicun in Pingshanxian, is illustrated in
Hebei sheng chutu wenwu xuanji, Beijing, 1980, p. 55, no. 220.

戰國 鎏金銅龍紋帶鉤
來源:
於1974年以前入境日本。
壺中居，東京。
展覽:
威尼斯, Arte Cinese, 1954年(據標簽)。
大阪, 大阪市立美術館, 漢代の美術, 1974年。
紐約, 懷古堂, 2014年。
出版:
《漢代の美術》, 大阪, 1974年, 頁 33, 圖版 2-134號。
《懷古堂》, 紐約, 2014年春季刊, 41號。

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