Garment Hook
475-221 B.C.E.
Maker Unknown
Asian Art
Belt hooks such as these would have been worn at the waist of a long robe by a member of the ruling elite; on the back is a small knob that would have attached to the robe’s belt. The tie or belt of the garment would have been wrapped around the head of the animal, possibly a dragon, at the curved end of the hook.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Accessory
- Formatted Medium
- Bronze, inlaid with gold and turquoise
- Locations
- Place made: China
- Dynasty
- Warring States Period
- Period
- Warring States Period
- Dimensions
- 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm)
- Departments
- Asian Art
- Accession Number
- 68.185.11
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Manheim
- Exhibitions
- Arts of China
- Rights Statement
- Creative Commons-BY
- Museum Location
- Asian Galleries, West, 2nd floor (China)
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