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A GILT BRONZE BELT HOOK
Warring States/Western Han period
The curved shaft designed as the body of a long-tailed bird and
elegantly cast with broad raised spirals tapering to a narrow beaked
head set off by opposing c-shaped tail feathers

US$2,500 - 3,500

戰國/西漢 銅鎏金鳥首帶鈎一件
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A GOLD INLAID BRONZE GARMENT HOOK
Han dynasty
The tapered shaft finely inlaid in gold and silver in a geometric pattern
of interlocking spirals and banded lozenges extending the length of the
crest to the dragon-head hook, the underside showing traces of inlay
on the large button for attachment.
4 1/2in (11.5cm) long

US$2,000 - 3,000
漢 銅錯金銀幾何紋龍首帶鉤一件

Belt hooks with this elegant and fluid geometric design can be found
on Warring States and Western Han lacquer and painting. For a
311 discussion of this, see a related example published in Julia M. White
and Emma C. Bunker, Adornment for Eternity (Denver, Denver Art
Museum, 1994), catalog no. 27, page 108. Compare also a similar
example from the Kempe collection, sold at Sotheby’s London, 14
May 2008, lot 24, and published in Bo Gyllensvard, Chinese Gold and
Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection (Stockholm, 1953), cat. no 78,
and another published and exhibited in Ancient Chinese and Ordos
Bronzes (Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong 1990）, cat. no 134.

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