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incised with geometric designs and inlaid with red agate terminating with a dragon's head, 16cm long
Provenance: Ben Janssens Oriental Art, London, 2003
Note: Typically, early Chinese garment hooks were made from bronze or hardstone, making the present hook an extremely rare example. A similar bone belthook is in the collection of the Field Museum, Chicago and was included in the O.C.S. exhibition, Chinese Ivories from the Shang to the Qing, no. 10, p.31Please refer to department for condition report