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          PROPERTY FROM THE JUNKUNC COLLECTION                PROPERTY FROM THE JUNKUNC COLLECTION

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          A HARDSTONE AND GLASS-INLAID GILT-BRONZE            A VERY RARE SMALL GILT-BRONZE DRAGON HEAD-
          GARMENT HOOK                                        FORM FINIAL
          HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 220)                         TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
          The garment hook is cast in the form of a mythical beast mask resembling   The finial is powerfully cast as a dragon head with a curled single horn
          a tiger, the eyes inlaid with glass and the forehead inset with a circular   above bulging eyes and an upturned snout, and finely detailed mane.
          creamy white hardstone. The tapering hook rises from the top of its head
                                                              2Ω in. (6.3 cm.) long
          and terminates in a chilong-form head. The underside has a circular button.
          4 in. (10.2 cm.) long, fitted cloth box             $70,000-90,000
          $20,000-30,000                                      PROVENANCE:
                                                              Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978) Collection.

          PROVENANCE:
          Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978) Collection.          瓊肯珍藏
                                                              唐　鎏金銅龍首形飾
          EXHIBITED:
          Exhibition of Belt Buckles, Chinese Art Society of America at China House,   來源:
          1951 (according to label in box).
                                                              史蒂芬‧瓊肯三世 (1978年逝) 珍藏。

          瓊肯珍藏
          漢　鎏金銅嵌寶龍虎形帶鈎
          來源:
          史蒂芬‧瓊肯三世 (1978年逝) 珍藏。
          展覽:
          Exhibition of Belt Buckles, Chinese Art Society of America at China
          House, 1951年（按標籤）。
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