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Ancient Chinese Jade
March 15-29, 2018
133.
AN ARCHAIC JADE BELTHOOK WITH IRON CORE
Western Han Dynasty, 3rd-2nd Century B.C.
finely carved with the head of a feline beast with curled horns as the terminal, the body in nine alternating segments of ribbed and winged shape joined by the iron core to form a shallow arc over the central stud, the hook now missing, the jade altered to cloudy white from long burial.
Length 5 3⁄4 inches (14.6 cm)
Ex Eskenazi, Ltd., London, acquired October, 1996
Compare the sectioned jade belthook with iron core excavated from the tomb of King of Nanyue (r. 137-122 B.C.) at Xianggangshan, Guangzhou, Guangdong province, illustrated by Lam (ed.), Nanyue wang mu yuqi (Jades from the Tomb of the King of Nanyue), Hong Kong, 1991, pls. 116-118, with description on p. 263.
西漢 鐵蕊獸首玉帶鉤 長14.6厘米
來源 1996年10月購於倫敦埃斯卡納齊
133.
AN ARCHAIC JADE BELTHOOK WITH IRON CORE
Western Han Dynasty, 3rd-2nd Century B.C.
Length 5 3⁄4 inches (14.6 cm)