A TURQUOISE AND GOLD-INLAID BRONZE BELT HOOK, WARRING STATES PERIOD, 4TH-3RD CENTURY BC

A TURQUOISE AND GOLD-INLAID BRONZE BELT HOOK
WARRING STATES PERIOD, 4TH-3RD CENTURY BC
The belt hook is inlaid on the arched shaft in gold sheet with an intricate geometric design, filled in with turquoise inlay, and the underside has a circular button.
7 ½ in. (19.2 cm.) long

Provenance

The Sunglin Collection, by 1930.
C.T. Loo, New York, by 1939.
Sotheby's New York, Important Chinese Works of Art: The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Bull, 6 December 1983, lot 84.

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. ROBERT AND MRS. PATRICIA JACOBSEN, MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA