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Belt buckle
Belt buckle

Belt buckle

Date20th century
Label TextThe elaborate foliage patterning of this buckle is centered around a kinnara, a figure that is half human and half bird.
Object number64.27
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Going For Gold, November 3, 2012 - December 8, 2013
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions4 x 2 7/8 x 1 1/8 in. (10.2 x 7.3 x 2.8 cm)
MediumGold and niello
belt buckle
Chinese
4th-3rd century B.C.
Object number: 52.126
Chinese
3rd century B.C. - 3rd century A.D.
Object number: 39.62
Belt buckle
Chinese
18th-early 19th century
Object number: 93.106
Belt buckle
Chinese
4th - 3rd century B.C.
Object number: 52.56
Belt buckle
Chinese
4th - 3rd century B.C.
Object number: 52.57
Photo: National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage, Republic of Korea
Korean
3rd century
Object number: 67.89
Belt hook
Chinese
4th–3rd century BCE
Object number: 52.55
Buckle
Chinese
mid 17th-early 20th Century
Object number: 54.67
Buckle
Chinese
618-906
Object number: 52.128