Belthook
CultureChinese
DateHan dynasty (206 B.C.E.-220 C.E.)
MediumBronze inlaid with silver, gold, and turquoise
DimensionsOverall: 3/4 × 4 3/8 inches (1.91 × 11.11 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number34-153
On View
On viewGallery Location
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Collections
DescriptionInlayed with gold and silver and turquoise in geometrical designs including modified Chou hooks.ProvenancePurchased through Laurence Sickman by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1934.
Roger Ward and Patricia J. Fidler, eds., The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: A Handbook of the Collection (New York: Hudson Hills Press, in association with Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 1993), 283 (repro.).
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