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TWO BRONZE GARMENT HOOKS, DAIGOU
3rd/2nd century BC and Han Dynasty 8031
A SILVER AND GOLD-INLAID MAT WEIGHT
The first, an Ordos/Northern Chinese bronze belt hook, 3rd/2nd Han dynasty
century BC, cast as a galloping horse supporting a monkey and Of ovular shape, cast in the form of a stylized, recumbent bird, the
a frog, the second, Han dynasty, cast as a rhinoceros, each with long neck, head and beak arched back over the body, the legs bent
terminals in the form of dragon heads, each with circular buttons to under the abdomen, all rising on a low foot rim, the underside with a
the reverse for fastening, both covered all over in green encrustation. socket for attachment, the surface inlaid with gold and silver, picking
5 3/8in (13.5cm) length of the longest out the bird’s feathers and other details.
$6,000 - 9,000 2 5/8in (6.3cm) wide
$6,000 - 9,000

西元前三或二世紀 青銅馬上封侯帶鉤 漢 青銅嵌金銀鳥形席鎮
漢 青銅犀牛形帶鉤
Provenance
Provenance Purchased from Joe Gerena, 29 April 2003
The horse-form hook purchased from Robert Ellsworth, 25 May 1999.
The rhinoceros-form hook purchased from Joe Gerena, 23 Mat weights of bronze, often with inlay in precious metals or stone,
December 1998. are a particular feature of the Zhou and Han dynasties. See a
bronze mat weight of related form in the British Museum, museum
number 1973,0726.29.

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