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LOT 1108

Sold for (Inc. bp): £460

CHINESE WARRING STATES INLAID BELT CLOSURES
(Gilt-bronze, glass and silver, 200 grams, 71-73 mm.).

Circa 200 AD. A cast gilt-bronze belt clasp formed with two elliptical plaques in decorative bronze frames with integral bronze straps to the reverse; one with florid loop closure and silver panel with inlaid design depicting two figures by the shore, with boat and sailing vessel in the river, mountains to the far shore; the other with zoomorphic hook closure and blue glass panel with feintly incised figural scene. [2, No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
Silk collection, London, UK; formed in the 1950's.

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