Not on display

Belt Hook

400-200 B.C. (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
China (made)

Bone belt hook, with carved archaistic patterns.

Object details

Category
Ceremonial Objects
Object type
Belt hook
Materials and techniques
Bone, carved
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.
Dimensions
  • Length: 15.8cm
  • Width: 1.7cm
Style
Warring States
Gallery label
(May 1994)
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
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
East Asia Collection
Accession number
A.25-1935

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
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