Belthook
CultureChinese
DateHan dynasty (206 B.C.E.-220 C.E.)
MediumGilt bronze inlaid with silver details
DimensionsOverall: 1 15/16 × 7 1/8 inches (4.92 × 18.1 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number33-1471
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On viewGallery Location
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DescriptionBuckle decorated with design of leaves and animals in gilt and silver.Exhibition HistoryThe Arts of the Han Dynasty, The Asia Society, New York, February 7-March 26, 1961.
Dr. Otto Burchard;
Purchased from Dr. Otto Burchard by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1933.
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.).
Deborah Emont Scott, ed., The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: A Handbook of the Collection, 7th ed. (Kansas City, MO: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 2008), 304, no.69 (repro.).
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