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Belt Hook

CultureChinese
DateMing dynasty (1368-1644)
MediumYellow jade and bronze gilt copper
DimensionsOverall: 4 1/2 × 5/8 × 1 7/8 inches (11.43 × 1.59 × 4.76 cm)
Credit LineGift of Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, 2025
Object number2025.56.28
On View
Not on view
DescriptionJade with incised markings and a bronze fitting at center. The top depicts a carved head, possibly that of a dragon.Exhibition History

Connoisseurship and Good Pie: Ted Coe and Collecting Native Art, Organized by the Ralph T. Coe Foundation, Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, Santa Fe, NM, July 2015-April 2016.

The Mirror Effect: Reflections upon our Realities,The Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, Santa Fe, NM, May-July, 2017.

<NO_RECORDS>, The Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, Santa Fe, NM, May 13-July 9, 2022.

Looking Again. Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, Santa Fe, NM, August 4-November 3, 2023.

Provenance

With Ralph T. Coe (1929-2010);

Ralph T. Coe bequest to the Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, Santa Fe, NM, 2010-2025;

The Coe Center's gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2025

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Belt Hook
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Xia dynasty (2099-1500 B.C.E.)
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overall
early 3rd century B.C.E.
2000.15.1
overall
early 3rd century B.C.E.
2000.15.2
Bannerman
late 19th century
2022.39.13.1-6
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1st century C.E.
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ca. 1200 B.C.E.
34-239
Belt Buckle
34-236/110 A,B
recto overall
Thomas Richmond
ca. 1810
F58-60/117
Belt Hook with Dragon Head
Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
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