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؇ ზ AN EMBELLISHED GOLD- AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE
մ ల 'TIGER' GARMENT HOOK,
ᘒ EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY
፹ the hook modelled with an elaborate tiger head on one end, accentuated by a pair of alert eyes with black glass or frit framed by
ږ silver-inlaid S-shaped eyebrows, above a turquoise-studded muzzle, detailed with silvery whiskers, the carefully-sculpted face further
ვ enhanced by gold inlays, detailed with intricate scrollwork and geometric designs, the forehead surmounted by an ultramarine
whorl-decorated glass bead flanked by a pair of turquoise bosses suggesting the ears, the curved slender shaft tapering to a small
ᖕ dragon-head hook at the other end, similarly patterned with delicate gold and silver inlays, the reverse left plain save for a silver-inlaid
swirl-adorned button
11.1 cm
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PROVENANCE Ը๕j
ན Eskenazi Ltd, London, 10th July 1995. ࡾ̔ॶᄁdࡐd1995ϋ7˜10˚
LITERATURE ̈وj
Giuseppe Eskenazi in collaboration with Hajni Elias, A Dealer’s
Hand. The Chinese Art World Through the Eyes of Giuseppe ࡾ̔ॶᄁdᑡλԽଣdʕᖵஔۜjࡾ̔ॶᄁ
Eskenazi, London, 2012; Chinese version, Shanghai, 2015, reprint, ٙΫኳdࡐd2012ϋdʕᙇوdɪऎd2015ϋd2017ϋΎ
2017, pl. 64. وdྡو64
HK$ 800,000-1,200,000
US$ 102,000-153,000
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