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A RARE TURQUOISE-INLAID GILT-BRONZE 東周 戰國 銅鎏金嵌綠松石熊紋帶鉤 A LARGE GOLD AND TURQUOISE-INLAID 來源
‘BEAR’ BELT HOOK, EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, BRONZE BELTHOOK, EASTERN ZHOU 奉文堂，香港，1995年
WARRING STATES PERIOD DYNASTY, WARRING STATES PERIOD
來源
Length 3⅛ in., 8 cm Cunliffe 勳爵（1899-1963）收藏 Length 9⅝ in., 24.5 cm
Bluett & Sons Ltd.，倫敦
PROVENANCE PROVENANCE
Collection of Lord Cunliffe (1899-1963). 展覽 Susan Chen, Hong Kong, 1995.
Bluett & Sons Ltd., London. 《Early Chinese Art. A catalogue of Early Bronzes, Jades Compare a few related bronze belthooks of a similarly
and Allied Decorative Works of Art from the Cunliffe
EXHIBITED large size, including one inlaid with turquoise, gold and
Collection》，Bluett & Sons Ltd.，倫敦，1973年， silver, exhibited in Chinese Art of the Warring States Period:
Early Chinese Art. A Catalogue of Early Bronzes, Jades and 編號XVII. Change and Continuity, 480-222 B.C., Freer Gallery of Art,
Allied Decorative Works of Art from the Cunliffe Collection,
Bluett & Sons Ltd., London, 1973, cat. no. XVII. 文獻 Washington, D.C., 1982, cat. no. 48; another decorated with
William Watson，《Ancient Chinese Bronzes》， turquoise and gold, from the Junkunc Collection, sold in
LITERATURE these rooms, 22nd September 2021, lot 47; a third with gold
倫敦，1962年，彩圖版B and silver inlay, included in the exhibition Inlaid Bronze and
William Watson, Ancient Chinese Bronzes, London, 1962, col. Related Materials from Pre-Tang China, Eskenazi, London,
pl. B.
1991, cat. no. 39. See also a similar belthook of a slightly
See a closely related belt hook of this type with the bear smaller size, formerly in the collection of Mr. and Mrs.
detachable, published in Kaikodo Journal: A Natural Richard C. Bull, sold at Christie’s New York, 25th September
Selection, Kaikodo, New York, Spring 2001, cat. no. 50. 2020, lot 1529.

$ 8,000-12,000 ⊖ $ 20,000-30,000

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