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LOT 2433

Estimate
GBP (£) 500 - 700
EUR (€) 580 - 810
USD ($) 670 - 940

CHINESE HAN STYLE BRONZE BELT HOOK WITH INSCRIPTION
20TH CENTURY A.D.
7 1/8 in. (107 grams, 18 cm).

Fluted teardrop shape with hooked narrow end, fixing stud to the reverse, three columns of later stamped text to the face.

PROVENANCE:
From an important West Country collection, 1980s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

LITERATURE:
Cf. similar in the collection of the British Museum under accession no.1950,1117.138.

CONDITION
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