A RARE LARGE GILT-BRONZE BELT HOOK WARRING STATES PERIOD - HAN DYNASTY
well modeled in a slightly arched rectangular form with a concave underside, crisply cast to the top in high relief with two addorsed creatures with powerful claws emerging from their entwined scaly bodies, terminating in doe-like heads, each detailed with long snout, almond-shaped eyes and pointed ears, the hook rendered in the form of a similar animal head, the underside with a circular button
Length 8 1/4 in., 20.9 cm
Provenance:
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
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well modeled in a slightly arched rectangular form with a concave underside, crisply cast to the top in high relief with two addorsed creatures with powerful claws emerging from their entwined scaly bodies, terminating in doe-like heads, each detailed with long snout, almond-shaped eyes and pointed ears, the hook rendered in the form of a similar animal head, the underside with a circular button
Length 8 1/4 in., 20.9 cm
Provenance:
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
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