Five archaic belt hooks


Eastern Zhou Dynasty to Han DynastyComprising a gilt-bronze floral decorated belt buckle, Han dynasty, fitted box. 14cm (5 1/2in) long; two small silver-inlaid bronze belt hooks, Warring States period, fitted boxes, the longest 8.5cm (3 3/8in) long; and two horse-headed silver-inlaid bronze belt hooks, Han dynasty, fitted boxes, 17cm (6 6/8in) long. (10).
|ProvenanceThe Mengdiexuan CollectionExhibited Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong & Urban Council of Hong Kong, Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes, 12 October - 2 December 1990 (silver-inlaid bronze horse-headed belt hook)Published and IllustratedJ.Rawson and E.Bunker, Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1990, p.222, no.142 (silver-inlaid bronze horse-headed belt hook)