Details
Possibly a belt fitting, cast as two addorsed slithering snakes, their eyes inlaid in blue glass, with two pairs of hooks on the flat reverse, with some malachite encrustation

238 in. (6 cm.) long
Provenance
J.J. Lally & Co., New York, 2006
Offered at The Sze Yuan Tang Archaic Bronzes From The Anthony Hardy Collection, Christie's New York, 16 September 2010, lot 891
Exhibited
Hong Kong Museum of Art, Metal, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth, Hong Kong, 2002-2006
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
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