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A FINE GLASS-INLAID GILT-BRONZE BELT HOOK
Qianlong
Finely cast with a ruyi-shaped head and a wide curving body
mimicking a ruyi sceptre, elaborately decorated with multi-coloured
glass inlays forming stylised florets to the front, on a granulated gilt
ground, framed by raised foliate borders, the underside with a circular
button. 10.5cm (4 1/8in) long.
£1,500 - 2,000
CNY14,000 - 18,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

清乾隆 銅鎏金嵌寶如意帶鉤

Provenance: formerly the property of a European private collector,
resident in China between 1925 and 1931.

Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter
Exhibition, London, 2013, no.15.

來源：歐洲私人藏家舊藏，原藏家於1925至1931年間旅居中國

出版著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2013年，
編號15

The elaborate embellishment of the present lot may have been
influenced by clocks designed by James Cox (1723-1800), a London
jeweller and clockmaker. Cox’s automaton clocks were particularly
prized in the Qing Court and are arguably the most elaborate ever 340
produced in England; for a comprehensive discussion of James
Cox, see I.White, English Clocks for the Eastern Markets: English
Clockmakers Trading in China & the Ottoman Empire 1580-1815,
Ticehurst, 2012, pp.94-207.

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