Gilt bronze garment hook with jade and turquoise inlays, Eastern Zhou dynasty, 4th century BC. Artist: Unknown

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Gilt bronze garment hook with jade and turquoise inlays, Eastern Zhou dynasty, 4th century BC. A jade and turquoise inlaid gilt bronze garment hook with a flat pierced and carved D-shaped jade plaque at one end, set within a gilt bronze frame over the button. The plaque is finely engraved and slightly calcified. The shaft issuing from an animal's head is inlaid with turquoise highlighted in silver sheet terminating in an animal's head hook.

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Size: 2223px × 2820px
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Photo credit: © The Museum of East Asian Art/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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