A CHINESE GOLD- AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE 'TIGER' GARMENT HOOK, DAIGOU
戰國 銅錯金銀虎形帶鉤

A CHINESE GOLD- AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE 'TIGER' GARMENT HOOK, DAIGOU

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

戰國 銅錯金銀虎形帶鉤

The large garment hook cast as a striding tiger with an imposing face wearing a ferocious expression, the mouth opening to reveal rows of sharp teeth below a curling snout and an eye composed of a single inlaid turquoise roundel, the tapering body issuing a slender curling tail terminating in a dragon head, decorated allover with gold and silver inlay to form zoomorphic motifs and scrollwork,

21cm long, weight approx. 186g

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A comparable garment hook originally purchased from Eskenazi, dated to the Warring States period and depicting a tiger at the same angle and pose, was sold at Bonhams New York, 16th March 2015, lot 2008. It was previously illustrated in Giuseppe Eskenazi, 'Animals and Animal Designs in Chinese Art', New York, March 1998: catalogue no. 5., foldout cover of catalogue.