Page 12 - 2020 September 21 Elegant Embellishment the RenLu Colelction, Bonham NYC

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A RARE INLAID GILT BRONZE BELT HOOK
Warring States period
The gilt bronze surface cast as a feline mask embellished with twisted
sashes heightened with raised commas enclosing a circular plaque
inlaid with six radiating clusters of degraded stone, and joined to a
silver housed shaft terminating in a dragon-headed hook, the gilt
underside supported by a broad stud.
4 1/4in (10.7cm) long

US$6,000 - 8,000
戰國 銅鎏金包銀嵌寳帶鈎一件

For a closely related belt hook, see Inspired Metalwork: Precious
Metal Objects in Early Chinese Art by Gisèle Croës (Brussels, 2005),
p.54. Compare an inlaid belt hook from the Junkunc collection sold by
Sotheby’s New York, 9 March 2019, lot 114.

See also a belt hook of related shape, published in Julia White et al
Adornment for the Body and Soul: Ancient Chinese Ornaments from
the Mengdiexuan Collection (Hong Kong: The Univ. Museum and Art
Gallery, 1999), p 110.

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