Chinese
A Chinese Gold and Silver-Inlaid Bronze 'Mythical Beast' Belthook, Warring States Period, 4th to 2nd Century BCE
Bronze, gold and silver
5 x 1 3/4 in, 12.7 x 4.4 x 1.9 cm
Estimate: $5,000 - $7,000 CAD
Preview at: Heffel Vancouver
PROVENANCE
Acquired from an old Californian collection formed during the 1970s by a Private Collection, Vancouver
Finely cast and depicting a human hand with a hooked dragon-head terminal grasping onto the tail of a larger serpentine mythical dragon, the surface with geometric gold and silver inlays, the underside with a large knob with floral scrolls.
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