Belt hook
Artwork Details
- 戰國 鎏金嵌玉青銅帶鈎
- Title: Belt hook
- Period: Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period (475–221 BCE)
- Date: 4th–3rd century BCE
- Culture: China
- Medium: Gilt bronze inlaid with jade (nephrite), mother-of-pearl, glass, and turquoise
- Dimensions: L. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm)
- Classification: Metalwork
- Credit Line: Purchase, Arthur M. Sackler Gift, 1974
- Object Number: 1974.268.1
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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