WARRING STATES PERIOD (475-221 BC)

The current belt hook was in the collection of C.F. Wu, an esteemed Taiwanese collector active in the 1980s and 90s. Wu moved to Taiwan from Shanghai in the 50s and established a successful business in the textile industry. In over two decades, Wu had amassed a substantial collection of Chinese art comprising mainly jades, ceramics, bronzes, snuff bottles and scholar’s objects. It was later passed into the collection of T.T. Tsui, renowned Hong Kong entrepreneur and collector.