11th Sep, 2025 11:00
The Collection of Sam and Myrna Myers Part 1
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A GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE BELT HOOK, WARRING STATES-HAN DYNASTY
This lot is from a single owner collection and is therefore offered without reserve
Sold for €11,700
including Buyer's Premium
China. 475 BC-220 AD. The slender rounded shaft is intricately inlaid with gold and silver sheet, wire, and stippling, forming overlapping scrolls evocative of intertwined beasts punctuated with spiral designs, and a geometric pattern, framed by horizontal lines, all below the finely modeled and similarly decorated hook in the form of a dragon’s head, the underside with a circular button.
Provenance: The Collection of Sam and Myrna Myers, Paris, France. Acquired between circa 1965-2012.
Condition: Very good condition, commensurate with age. Wear, casting irregularities, traces of use, signs of burial, encrustations, expected tarnish and minor losses to inlays, the hook with a small fill to the neck. The bronze with a fine, naturally grown, dark patina with scattered malachite encrustation.
Weight: 150.1 g
Dimensions: Length 16.5 cm
Literature comparison:
Compare a closely related gold and silver-inlaid bronze belt hook, dated to the Han dynasty,12.8 cm long, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Bronze Articles for Daily Use, vol. 28, Hong Kong, 2006, p. 131, no. 110.
Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie’s New York, 18 March 2021, lot 607
Price: USD 60,000 or approx. EUR 62,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A gold and silver inlaid bronze belt hook, Warring States period (475-221 BC)
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form, manner of casting, and inlaid decoration. Note the size (11.5 cm).
China. 475 BC-220 AD. The slender rounded shaft is intricately inlaid with gold and silver sheet, wire, and stippling, forming overlapping scrolls evocative of intertwined beasts punctuated with spiral designs, and a geometric pattern, framed by horizontal lines, all below the finely modeled and similarly decorated hook in the form of a dragon’s head, the underside with a circular button.
Provenance: The Collection of Sam and Myrna Myers, Paris, France. Acquired between circa 1965-2012.
Condition: Very good condition, commensurate with age. Wear, casting irregularities, traces of use, signs of burial, encrustations, expected tarnish and minor losses to inlays, the hook with a small fill to the neck. The bronze with a fine, naturally grown, dark patina with scattered malachite encrustation.
Weight: 150.1 g
Dimensions: Length 16.5 cm
Literature comparison:
Compare a closely related gold and silver-inlaid bronze belt hook, dated to the Han dynasty,12.8 cm long, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Bronze Articles for Daily Use, vol. 28, Hong Kong, 2006, p. 131, no. 110.
Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie’s New York, 18 March 2021, lot 607
Price: USD 60,000 or approx. EUR 62,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A gold and silver inlaid bronze belt hook, Warring States period (475-221 BC)
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form, manner of casting, and inlaid decoration. Note the size (11.5 cm).
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