A rare inlaid gilt bronze belt hook

Warring States period

Warring States period
The gilt bronze surface cast as a feline mask embellished with twisted sashes heightened with raised commas enclosing a circular plaque inlaid with six radiating clusters of degraded stone, and joined to a silver housed shaft terminating in a dragon-headed hook, the gilt underside supported by a broad stud.
4 1/4in (10.7cm) long

戰國 銅鎏金包銀嵌寳帶鈎一件

For a closely related belt hook, see Inspired Metalwork: Precious Metal Objects in Early Chinese Art by Gisèle Croës (Brussels, 2005), p.54. Compare an inlaid belt hook from the Junkunc collection sold by Sotheby's New York, 9 March 2019, lot 114.

See also a belt hook of related shape, published in Julia White et al Adornment for the Body and Soul: Ancient Chinese Ornaments from the Mengdiexuan Collection (Hong Kong: The Univ. Museum and Art Gallery, 1999), p 110.