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A GILT BRONZE GARMENT HOOK A GILT BRONZE AXE-HEAD GARMENT HOOK
Warring States period Han dynasty
The curved panel cast as a powerful dragon head, the bulging eyes Cast in the form of a flattened axe-head inlaid with fine gold in a
and curved horns forming the center of the crest under a narrow neck geometric pattern of whorls and c-commas, and joined to the hook
extending to a bird-head hook with open beak. by a taotie mask carefully inlaid in gold along with the narrow shaft
3in (7.7cm) long terminating in a dragon head hook, the details further accented in gold
inlay, the reverse boss once inlaid and now covered with a malachite
US$3,000 - 5,000 patina.
3 1/2in (8.8cm) long
戰國 銅鎏金鳥形帶鈎一件
US$3,000 - 5,000
See a comparable hook published in Simon Kwan and Sun Ji
Zhongguo Gudai Jinshi [Chinese Gold Ornaments] (Hong Kong: 漢 銅錯金饕餮紋斧形龍首帶鈎一件
Muwen Tang Meishu Chubanshe, 2003), pp. 224-225, no. 85.
Several hooks from the Warring States period through the Han with
312 repeating geometric inlay patterns reminiscent of the present lot
A GOLD AND SILVER INLAID BRONZE BELT HOOK are illustrated in Julia White et al Adornment for the Body and Soul:
Han dynasty Ancient Chinese Ornaments from the Mengdiexuan Collection (Hong
The plump shield-form body elegantly inlaid with two addorsed birds Kong: The Univ. Museum and Art Gallery, 1999), pp. 107-114. See
sharing a central ‘tail’, each head and claw finely executed in silver notably the example described as a ‘garment hook’ on p. 113 with the
under gold inlaid bodies extending to flared ‘wings’ bordered in silver wide body like that of the present lot.
above a bovine head at the base, and upward to further silver talons
at the narrow neck of the serpent head, the underside with extensive Compare a related example from the Sze Yuan Tang collection, sold at
silver bands of geometric pattern inlaid under the domed stud, Christie’s New York, 16 Sept 2010, lot 862, and in the British Museum
together with a ring of plain hammered silver. (acquisition number 1936,1118.113) dated Warring States to Han.
3in （97.7cm) long (2).

US$4,000 - 6,000

漢 銅錯金銀鳥獸紋帶鈎及銀環各一件

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