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Chinese Han Style Bronze Belt Hook with Inscription Chinese Han Style Bronze Belt Hook with Inscription Chinese Han Style Bronze Belt Hook with Inscription
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LOT 2433

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.

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LOT 2433

Chinese Han Style Bronze Belt Hook with Inscription

Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)

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