GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE BELT HOOK
Warring States Period, ca. 500-400 BC. The hook finely formed by a small dragon head with the arched shaft with intricate and sinuous zoomorphic patterns in gold and silver inlay set flush with the bronze, the reverse cast with a knob inlaid in gold with three cylindrical characters. For further information see Jean-Pierre Dubosc, Arte Cinese; Catalogo della mostra Venezia, Venice, 1954, no. 114. Bernard Karlgren, “Bronzes in the Wessén Collection,“ Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, no. 30, Stockholm, 1958, pl. 33. The item has undergone X-ray fluorescence analysis to confirm the metallurgical content suggesting its ancient origin and lack of modern trace elements.Size: L:114mm / W:20mm; 60gProvenance: Private collection of a London doctor; formerly in a Somerset Estate collection; acquired from Hong Kong galleries in the early 1990s.
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Warring States Period, ca. 500-400 BC. The hook finely formed by a small dragon head with the arched shaft with intricate and sinuous zoomorphic patterns in gold and silver inlay set flush with the bronze, the reverse cast with a knob inlaid in gold with three cylindrical characters. For further information see Jean-Pierre Dubosc, Arte Cinese; Catalogo della mostra Venezia, Venice, 1954, no. 114. Bernard Karlgren, “Bronzes in the Wessén Collection,“ Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, no. 30, Stockholm, 1958, pl. 33. The item has undergone X-ray fluorescence analysis to confirm the metallurgical content suggesting its ancient origin and lack of modern trace elements.Size: L:114mm / W:20mm; 60gProvenance: Private collection of a London doctor; formerly in a Somerset Estate collection; acquired from Hong Kong galleries in the early 1990s.
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