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A LARGE GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE BELT HOOK
WARRING STATES PERIOD, 5TH-4TH CENTURY BC
The arched shaft is finely inlaid in gold and silver with pairs of intertwined
dragons. The slender neck is inlaid with a chilong below the hook formed by
a small dragon head with details picked out in silver inlay. The reverse is set
with two buttons decorated with geometric designs.
9Ω in. (23.6 cm.) long, Japanese fitted wood box
$20,000-30,000
PROVENANCE:
Dr. Natanael Wessén Collection, Stockholm, before 1954.
Private collection, Japan.
Kochukyo, Tokyo, 2012.
EXHIBITED:
Venice, Arte Cinese, 1954.
New York, Kaikodo, 2013.
LITERATURE:
Jean-Pierre Dubosc, Arte Cinese; Catalogo della mostra Venezia, Venice,
1954, no. 114.
Bernard Karlgren, “Bronzes in the Wessén Collection,“ Bulletin of the
Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, no. 30, Stockholm, 1958, pl. 33.
Bernard Karlgren, “Chinese Agraffes in Two Swedish Collections”, Bulletin
of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, no. 38, Stockholm, 1966, pl. 39
(center).
Chügoku Sengoku Jidai no Bijutsu (Chinese Art of the Warring States
Period), Osaka, 1991, p. 111, no. 172.
Kaikodo Journal, New York, Spring, 2013, no. 37.
The present belt hook is exceptional for its large size, heavy weight,
and fine quality of the inlaid decoration. A smaller gold and silver-inlaid
belt hook, also decorated with intertwined dragons, is illustrated by
B. Karlgren, ‘Chinese Agaffes in Two Swedish Collection,’ Bulletin of
the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, no. 38, Stockholm, 1966, pl. 39.
Compare, also, the faceted bronze belt hook decorated in gold and silver
inlay with similarly rendered intertwined dragons, illustrated by J. M.
White and E. C. Bunker in the catalogue for the exhibition, Adornment
for Eternity: Status and Rank in Chinese Ornament, Denver Art Museum,
1994, p. 189, no. 101.

戰國 銅錯金銀龍紋帶鉤
來源:
Nathanael Wessén 博士珍藏, 斯德哥爾摩, 入藏於1954年以前。
私人珍藏, 日本。
壺中居, 東京, 2012年。
展覽:
威尼斯，Arte Cinese, 1954年。
紐約, 懷古堂, 2013年。
出版:
Jean Pierre-Dubosc,《Arte Cinese; Catalogo della mostra Venezia》, 威尼斯,
1954年, 114號。
Bernard Karlgren, 《Bronzes in the Wessén Collection》, Bulletin of the Museum
of Far Eastern Antiquities, 30號, 斯德哥爾摩, 1958年, 圖版33號。
Bernard Karlgren, 《Chinese Agraffes in Two Swedish Collections》, Bulletin
of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, 38號, 斯德哥爾摩, 1966年, 圖版39 號
(正中)。
《中国戦国時代の美術 : 金の輝きと精緻の技》, 大阪, 1991年,
頁 111, 172號。
《懷古堂》, 紐約, 2013年春季刊, 37號。