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PROPERTY FROM THE RENLU COLLECTION
A gold inlaid bronze garment hook
Han dynastyElegantly inlaid with a cut gold geometric pattern of continuous c-commas and volutes extending toward a well-modeled bird head, the design accented by silver wire inlays repeated on the sides and the raised boss. 6in (15.3cm) long
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漢 銅錯金嵌銀絲龍首帶鈎一件For a Han example of an elongated hook with geometric pattern and turquoise inlay,see Julia White et al Adornment for the Body and Soul: Ancient Chinese Ornaments from the Mengdiexuan Collection (Hong Kong: The Univ. Museum and Art Gallery, 1999), p. 111. For a Warring states version, see ibid p. 107.Compare also a related Warring States example with elaborate gold geometric pattern inlay published in Simon Kwan and Sun Ji Zhongguo Gudai Jinshi [Chinese Gold Ornaments] (Hong Kong: Muwen Tang Meishu Chubanshe, 2003), pp. 220-221.