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Asian Art
Public domain

Belt Hook

2nd century B.C.E.–2nd century C.E.

Bronze, gilt, and inlaid turquoise

3/8 × 7 1/2 in. (0.95 × 19.05 cm)
Hobart and Edward Small Moore Memorial Collection, Gift of Mrs. William H. Moore
1954.48.15
Geography: 
China
Status: 
By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Culture: 
Chinese
Period: 
Han dynasty (206 B.C.E.–220 C.E.)
Classification: 
Apparel/Costume
Provenance: 

Yamanaka & Co., New York, 1918; Mrs. William H. Moore (1858–1955), New York; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Bibliography: 

George J. Lee, Selected Far Eastern Art in the Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1970), 120, no. 235, ill.

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.