A bronze garment hook (daigou). Warring States period, 4th/3rd century BC - image-1

Lot 742 Dα

A bronze garment hook (daigou). Warring States period, 4th/3rd century BC

Auction 1124 - overview Cologne
08.12.2018, 13:00 - China
Estimate: 2.000 € - 3.000 €
Result: 2.750 € (incl. premium)
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A bronze garment hook (daigou). Warring States period, 4th/3rd century BC

In shape of a slender winding dragon with openwork areas and with an open mouth, at the opposite end the head of a dragon turned over and shaping the hook. The body parts extensively inlaid with turquoise and with gilt areas.
Length 20 cm

戰國 銅龍首帶鉤
來源：德國不來梅Friedrich Otto Hasse (1886-1964)，購於二十世紀二十年代，此後家族傳承
可比華盛頓的弗瑞爾美術館，編號F1915.95及F1915.14 (www. freersackler.si.edu/object/F1915.95)

Provenance

Collection Friedrich Otto Hasse (1886-1964), Bremen, acquired in the 1920 and thence by decent

Literature

Compare the garment hooks acc. no. F1915.95 and F1915.14 in the Freer-Sackler Collection, Washington DC ( www. freersackler.si.edu/object/F1915.95