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THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTOR
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A GILT-BRONZE TWO-PART OPENWORK BELT BUCKLE
NORTHERN CHINA, 3RD-2ND CENTURY BC
The belt buckle is formed by two rectangular plaques, the two cast in mirror image in
openwork with an ox standing within an outer imitation rope border. One plaque has a small
ring projecting from the side, and both have two loops projecting from the back.
2º and 2¡ in. (5.9 and 6.2 cm.) wide (2)
$2,500-3,500
PROVENANCE
Eskenazi Ltd., London, 1994.
By descent from the Reach Family Collection.
A similar two-part belt buckle is illustrated by E.C. Bunker, Ancient Bronzes of the Eastern Eurasian
Steppes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, 1997, p. 257, no. 218.
中國北方 公元前3至2世紀 青銅鎏金公牛紋帶扣組
E.C. Bunker著1997年出版，《Ancient Bronzes of the Eastern Eurasian Steppes from the Arthur M. Sackler
Collections》載有一組近似的兩件帶扣，見該書257頁，編號218。
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