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• Auction House:
  Bonhams Australia
• Sale Name:
  Asian Art
• Sale Date:
  07 Dec 2022 ~ Session 1 (Lots 1 - 143) 2pm (AEDT)
  07 Dec 2022 ~ Session 2 (Lots 201 - 294) 6pm (AEDT)
• Lot #:
  115
• Lot Description:
  A bronze belt buckle with silver and turquoise inlays, Warring States (475 to 221 BCE)
  18.2cm high
• Provenance:
  Soo Tze Orientique, Melbourne, 1995; Melbourne private collection
• Notes:
  Decorations on metal belt buckles are oftentimes symmetrical, unlike their jade counterparts especially of later period of reticulated types. This buckle however incorporates an asymmetrical motif of a serpentine creature with stylised scales, swirling down the entire body of the buckle - a design method not dissimilar to late jade buckles decorated with reticulated chi-dragons. Its surface is not of a smooth curvature, but with two angular folds. This shape can be see in another example in the collection of H.M. King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden, see Chinese Art from the Collection of H.M. King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden, Tokyo and Osaka, 1971, no.35.
• Estimate:
  A$1,800 - 2,500
• Realised Price:
  $0.00
• Category:
  Oriental

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