Belt Hook
400-200 B.C. (made)
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Bone belt hook, with carved archaistic patterns.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Bone, carved |
| Brief description | Belt hook, carved bone, China, Warring States period, 400-200 B.C. |
| Physical description | Bone belt hook, with carved archaistic patterns. |
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| Style | |
| Gallery label | SCABBARD SLIDE
Calcified white jade
CHINESE; style of the Eastern Zhou-Han period but probably 1900-1930 fake
Length: 10.9 cm
A.25-1935 Eumorfopoulos Collection
Craig Clunas(May 1994) |
| Credit line | Purchased with Art Fund support, the Vallentin Bequest, Sir Percival David and the Universities China Committee |
| Bibliographic reference | Clunas, Craig. Chinese Carving. London: Sun Tree Publishing Ltd in association with the Victoria & Albert Museum, 1996. p. 10, fig. 1. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | A.25-1935 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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