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A JADE BIRD-FORM BELT HOOK
Late Warring States/Early Western Han dynasty
Raised on a large circular stud for attachment, elegantly carved with
long tail feathers set off by a short neck and slender head turned
back to form the hook, the stone a pale greenish-yellow with white
alterations from burial.
1 3/8in (3.5cm) long
US$3,000 - 5,000

戰國晚期/西漢早期 鳥形玉帶鈎一件
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See a closely related bird-form belt hook published by J.J. Lally &
Co., New York, June 1 to 25, 1994, catalog 41. Bronze examples of 306
this type are illustrated in Bernhard Karlgren, Chinese Agraffes in Two
Swedish Collections (Stockholm, BMFEA, 1966), no. 38, pl. 75. See AN INLAID GILT BRONZE BELT HOOK
Warring States period
also Sotheby’s New York, September 10, 2019, lot 238. The curved shaft set with a supporting boss under a central recumbent
dragon head rendered in gilt and silver sheet set with turquoise
305 separating a further dragon head on one end and a serpent-headed
TWO PARTIAL GILT SILVER HANDLE FITTINGS terminal on the other, the top ridge with turquoise inlay amidst areas of
Han dynasty degradation.
Of a curving boat-form, each fitting decorated in gilt with angled 8 3/8in (21.2cm) long
geometric patterns to the exterior walls.
5 3/8in (13.7cm) long (2).
US$3,000 - 5,000
US$2,000 - 3,000
戰國 銅鎏金包銀嵌松石雙獸首帶鈎一件
漢 漆耳杯錯金銀扣一對

Metal fittings of this shape were used to ornament the ear-shaped
handles of lacquered vessels during the Han dynasty.

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