Chinese bronze buckle inlaid with demons

An image of Bronze buckle. Two gold figures of demons in relief on the front. The hooked end is in the form of a lion's head. Bronze overlaid with silver. Inlaid with jade and turquoise. Period of the Warring States (481-221 BC). Chinese.

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Bronze buckle. Two gold figures of demons in relief on the front. The hooked end is in the form of a lion's head. Bronze overlaid with silver. Inlaid with jade and turquoise. Period of the Warring States (481-221 BC). Chinese.

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Accession Number: O.194-1946
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3D II-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 411 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 142.50kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2009:05:12 06:58:38

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1st Century BC beast belt belt clasp bronze buckle Chinese demons devils figures Fitz_AA inlaid inlay jade lions metalwork Period of the Warring States Silver turquoise (mineral) Warring States Period

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