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LOT 2601
Chinese Han Bronze Decorated Belt Closure
HAN DYNASTY, 206 B.C.-220 A.D.
3 1/2 in. (25.9 grams, 88.6 mm).
Tongue-shaped curving body with a bird-head finial, a toggle on the reverse; the body extensively decorated with spirals and linear motifs, the lower end depicting a stylised bird head with large ring-and-dot eyes and beak with curving lines. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
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