Garment hook
- Medium
- Shell
- Genre
- Jewelry and ornament
Styles
Tags
shellsChinese ArtjadedragonArtCharles Lang Freer collectionWarring States period (475 - 221 BCE)Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)
About
Girdle hook; in form of quadrilateral, curved stem ending in barely outlined, inverted dragon head; remains of projecting stud on reverse; iridescent white on one side only, remainder is decomposed, chalky white with clay colored coating and some reddish brown, earth incrustations. (Many chips and damages, one break on stud.)