A CHINESE INLAID BRONZE BELT HOOK, DAIGOU

Warring States Period (475 – 221 B.C.E)

戰國 銀嵌石螭龍紋帶鉤

The silvered belt hook cast to one end with a slender chilong dragon curled around a circular piece of turquoise inlay, with sharp claws and a snaking, scaley body, all above a large bear head decorated with jet-inlaid eyes below arched brows and a protruding nose, issuing a tapering shaft terminating in a dragon head hook, the underside with a wide button,

12.5cm long, weight approx. 132g

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