A silver and gilded bronze belt buckle with gold and turquoise inlaysWarring States (475 to 221 BCE)20.2cm highProvenance: Provenance:Miklos Grunberg (1918-1988), SydneyMossgreen, Melbourne, 2 June 2008, lot 127戰國 銅鎏金、銀錯金嵌綠松石獸首帶鈎傳承：悉尼 Miklos Grunberg (1918-1988)慕士閣，墨爾本，2008年6月2日，拍品127號The distinguished characters of this buckle include not only the usage of different base metals to form the body, but also the decoration technique of using turquoise inlays to fill areas of elongated designs to accentuate the form of the buckle. Examples of similar form can be found in the collection of the Museum of East Asian art in Bath, seeInaugural Exhibition: Vol 2 Chinese Metalwares and Decorative Arts, Bath, 1993, p.40, pl.238, though the turquoise inlays of this example is nowhere near as fine as the current lot. Another one with the same four-petal floral design in the centre, though of turquoise inlays instead of gold, is in the collection of H.M. King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden, seeChinese Art from the Collection of H.M. King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden, Tokyo and Osaka, 1971, no.32.