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A JADE ‘TWIN DRAGON’ BELT HOOK
EARLY WESTERN HAN DYNASTY,
C. 3 CENTURY BC
RD
The belt hook has two conjoined curved shafts terminating in two
dragon heads at the bottom and a single dragon head at the top.
6¬ in. (16.8 cm.) long, box
HK$100,000-150,000 US$13,000-19,000
P R O V E N AN C E
Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1994
Compare to a very similar conjoined ‘dragon’ belt hook found in
an early Western Han tomb belonging to King Chu in Shizishan,
Xuzhou city, illustrated in Jade Articles from Tombs of Seigniors of
Han Dynasty in Xuzhou City, Beijing, 2016, p. 28.
西漢早期 玉雙聯龍首帶鈎
來源
藍田山房舊藏,1994年購於台北
徐州市獅子山西漢早期楚王墓曾出土一件造型及紋飾與本器如出
一轍的玉雙聯龍首帶鈎,著錄於《龍飛鳳舞:徐州漢代楚王墓出土
玉器》,北京,2016,頁28。
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