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Bronze Belt Buckle Hook
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Bronze Belt Buckle Hook

Dateca. 450-221 B.C.
Label TextAlthough a time of warfare and social unrest, the Warring States period (ca. 450-221 B.C.) was also an era of rapidly expanding trade, wealth, and a rising merchant class. The silk industry was highly advanced at this point, producing fabulous textiles that were made into elaborate attire for the wealthy and the powerful. Many garments of this period were belted; hooks such as these were used to join the two ends of the belt. Usually made of bronze, these hooks appear infinitely variable in shape, and were often as richly decorated as the garments themselves, embellished with gold and silver, turquoise, jade and other precious materials.
Object number49.98
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Timeless Grandeur: Art from China" April 25, 2002 - June 12, 2005
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm) L.: 6 1/2 in. Diam.: 1/2 in.
MediumBronze with gilt
Chinese
4th–3rd century BCE
Object number: 49.99
Chinese
4th–3rd century BCE
Object number: 49.101
Belt hook
Chinese
ca. 450-221 B.C.
Object number: 52.58
Buckle
Chinese
618-906
Object number: 52.128
Chinese
3rd century B.C. - 3rd century A.D.
Object number: 39.62
belt buckle
Chinese
4th-3rd century B.C.
Object number: 52.126
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
Chinese
late 3rd century B.C.-early 3rd century A.D.
Object number: 48.209