A RARE LARGE JADE AND GLASS-INLAID GILT-BRONZE BELT HOOK

Lot 729
25.03.2022 10:00UTC +00:00
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ID 718695
Lot 729 | A RARE LARGE JADE AND GLASS-INLAID GILT-BRONZE BELT HOOK
Estimate value
$ 80 000 – 120 000
A RARE LARGE JADE AND GLASS-INLAID GILT-BRONZE BELT HOOK

HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 220)

The belt hook is finely cast at one end with an owl-headed beast, grasping in its claws the bodies of two does in its claws, which hold in place a jade bi centered by blue glass inlay, all above a large bovine mask with twisted horns, from which issues an animal-head hook.

5 3⁄4 in. (14.5 cm.) high, cloth box







Provenance

Galaxie Art (B. K. Wong), Hong Kong, 25 October 1986.
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