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Belt Hook (Daigou) in the Form of a Buffalo or Elephant Head

Belt Hook (Daigou) in the Form of a Buffalo or Elephant Head

c. 481–400 BCE
(770–256 BCE), Warring States period (475–221 BCE)
bronze with silver inlay
Overall: 3.8 cm (1 1/2 in.)
Cornelia Blakemore Warner Fund 1965.29
Location: not on view
  • ?–1965
    Robert Griffing, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1965–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Lee, Sherman E. “Year in Review.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 52, no. 9 (November 1965): 124–157. Mentioned: no. 77, p. 154 www.jstor.org
    Wilson, J. Keith, and Anne E. Wardwell. “New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland’s Recent Chinese Acquisitions.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 81, no. 8 (October 1994): 270–347. Mentioned: cat. no. 15, p. 346 www.jstor.org
  • China through the Magnifying Glass: Masterpieces in Miniature and Detail. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 11, 2022-February 26, 2023).
    Asian Autumn: New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 18-December 31, 1994).
    Year in Review: 1965. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 27-November 14, 1965).
    Juxtapositions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 11-October 10, 1965).
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