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Garment Hook with Dragon and Tiger Heads
Unknownca.205 B.C. - 24 A.D.
Museum of the Western Han Dynasty Mausoleum of the Nanyue King
Guangzhou, China
This garment hook is carved out of one whole piece of gray semitransparent jade, with brown spots on some parts of the body. The dragon and tiger bodies entangled to form the letter 's'. The dragon, with a biting mouth, and the tiger with attacking claws, are poised to fight for a ring.
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Details
- Title: Garment Hook with Dragon and Tiger Heads
- Creator Nationality: China
- Creator Gender: Unknown
- Creator Death Place: China
- Creator Birth Place: China
- Date: ca.205 B.C. - 24 A.D.
- Physical Dimensions: w6.2 x d18.9 cm (Complete)
- Provenance: Museum of the Western Han Dynasty Mausoleum of the Nanyue King
- Type: Jade
- Rights: Museum of the Western Han Dynasty Mausoleum of the Nanyue King
- External Link: http://www.gznywmuseum.org
- Object type: Jade Garment Hook
- Craftsman: Unknown
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