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A GOLD INLAID BRONZE GARMENT HOOK TWO BRONZE ANIMAL-SHAPED ORNAMENTS
Han dynasty Han dynasty
Elegantly inlaid with a cut gold geometric pattern of continuous The first a bird-form finial dingshi cast with a broad tail and crescent-
c-commas and volutes extending toward a well-modeled bird head, shaped body supported by a circular socket; the second a miniature
the design accented by silver wire inlays repeated on the sides and the vessel modeled as a crouching tiger resting on folded legs, its mouth
raised boss. open forming a spout and tail curled back joining a narrow curved
6in (15.3cm) long handle, the body with incised details.
finial 41/4in (10.8cm) long, 3 1/8in (7.9cm) high
US$3,000 - 5,000 tiger vessel 4in (10.1cm) long; 2in (5.1cm) high (2).

漢 銅錯金嵌銀絲龍首帶鈎一件 US$3,000 - 6,000

For a Han example of an elongated hook with geometric pattern and 漢 動物形青銅飾物兩件
turquoise inlay，see Julia White et al Adornment for the Body and
Soul: Ancient Chinese Ornaments from the Mengdiexuan Collection See an elaborately cast and inlaid bronze dingshi finial sold in these
(Hong Kong: The Univ. Museum and Art Gallery, 1999), p. 111. For a rooms on 16 March 2015 as lot 2001, and a finely detailed bronze
Warring states version, see ibid p. 107. example as 2002. The tiger-form vessel has its larger comparable in
animal-form vessels. See a fine example of a larger type in J.J. Lally.
Compare also a related Warring States example with elaborate Archaic Chinese Bronzes, Jades and Works of Art (June 1 to 25,
gold geometric pattern inlay published in Simon Kwan and Sun Ji 1994), no 59.
Zhongguo Gudai Jinshi [Chinese Gold Ornaments] (Hong Kong:
Muwen Tang Meishu Chubanshe, 2003), pp. 220-221.

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