Lot 29. A small silver garment-hook, Warring States Period (475-221 BC), 6.3cm., 2 1/2 in. Estimate 1,500 — 2,000 GBP. Lot sold 1,875 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's

cast in the form of an animal head, flanked by larged horns or ears, the shaft issuing from the nose and terminating in a dragon's head. Weight 11g.

Exhibited: Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 1954-55, cat. no. 81.

Literature: Gyllensvärd, Stockholm, 1953, pl. 81.

Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 84.

Sotheby's. Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork, Early Gold and Silver; Early Chinese White, Green and Black Wares, London, 14 May 2008