A RARE GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID BELT HOOK WARRING STATES PERIOD - HAN DYNASTY
well cast with a small bird head-form hook gracefully tapering to an arched, faceted body, finely decorated to the top with a geometric pattern of scrolls and dots, the sides with further geometric scrolls, the underside with a circular button decorated with a whirl motif
Length 4 3/8 in., 11.2 cm
Provenance:
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
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well cast with a small bird head-form hook gracefully tapering to an arched, faceted body, finely decorated to the top with a geometric pattern of scrolls and dots, the sides with further geometric scrolls, the underside with a circular button decorated with a whirl motif
Length 4 3/8 in., 11.2 cm
Provenance:
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).