A Chinese inlaid bronze belt hook, the 'S'-curved body surmounted by a small tiger head with a long slender neck gracefully curving to a widening body with canted sides, finely inlaid with turquoise forming a geometric pattern and gold roundels, the reverset with a round button for attachment to a garment, China, Eastern Zhou period (770 – 221 B.C.) -21.8 cm, some loss to inlay- An identical belthook was sold at Sotheby’s New York, 19 March 2013, lot 66
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