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TWO JADE BELT HOOKS A GROUP OF THREE CLOTHING ACCESSORIES
The first of off-white hue with dragon-head hook facing a curving Late Qing/Republic period
spatulate handle with recessed corners at the base and reversed by a The first a cast bronze belt hook, the curving section terminating in
circular button; the second of mottled brown and gray matrix, carved a dragon head and ridged down the middle; the second an agate
with an undercut transverse band across the handle opposite the belt hook, carved with what may be a praying mantis head facing a
dragon head and reversed by a circular button (both with minor chips). pine green cicada or other insect along the spine; the third possibly a
2 3/4 and 3in (7 and 7.6cm) long belt buckle or pendant formed of a reticulated chilong standing atop
$1,000 - 1,500 an ovoid loop, carved from pale grayish-white nephrite grayish hue
retaining a layer of russet ‘skin.’
2120 3in (7.6cm) diameter of first and longest
TWO CARVED JADE BELT BUCKLES $2,000 - 3,000
Late Qing/Republic period
The first terminating in a gnarled lingzhi fungus head and adorned in an 2124Y Ф
undercut and reticulated growth of similar fungi, carved from nephrite of A GROUP OF FOUR BELT BUCKLES
black and gray hue; the second jadeite, carved in ruyi scepter shape, Late Qing dynasty
the orange outer layer of the stone incised from the yellowish gray body The first carved bamboo in curving section terminating in a horse-
beneath in raised relief bat and shou medallion patterns. head form hook peering at a smaller horse and three monkeys amid
3 3/4in (9.5cm) length of the first and longer reticulated rockery reversed by a circular nodule; the second rock
$1,500 - 2,500 crystal, rendered in simple curving section terminating in a lingzhi
fungus head and reversed by a raised nodule (drilled, chipped); the
2121 third an ivory example terminating in a grinning dragon head; the
TWO GRAY JADE BELT HOOKS fourth mother of pearl, terminating in an archaistic beast head peering
Qing dynasty at an undercut and reticulated curving chilong and reversed by an
The first of richly mottled gray and white with patches of russet stain, ovoid nodule (losses).
the dragon head hook carefully modeled with drill holes through the 3 3/4in (9.5cm) length of the first and longest
jaw and the curving handle of spatulate form thinly sectioned as it $1,200 - 1,800
arches above the oval button, the second of sea-green hue with
cloudy white inclusions and russet patches, a deeply undercut dragon This lot has been in the United States since December 28, 1973.
cub facing the wide dragon head hook on the thinly sectioned handle
with blunted tip and rounded button on the reverse (minor chip). 2125
4 5/8 and 4 1/2in (11.8 and 11.5cm) long A GROUP OF THREE LARGE ARCHAISTIC JADE BUCKLES
$2,000 - 3,000 Late Qing/Republic period
The first terminating in a grinning dragon head peering at repeating
2122 scroll designs along the body and reversed by an ovoid nodule, the
A GROUP OF THREE AGATE BUCKLES stone of grayish white hue; the second terminating in a one-horned
Late Qing/Republic period dragon head staring at the raised relief chilong lining the concave body
All of roughly similar curving form terminating in dragon heads and reversed by a circular nodule, the stone of gray green hue marked by
reversed by circular nodules: one adorned by a raised relief peach notable cloudy inclusions; the third of longer flatter section terminating
branch, one covered in a stylized reticulated mass of fruiting and at one end in a dragon head hook and the other in a vaguely aquatic
blooming prunus, and one undecorated; the stone of varied hues of smiling face, reversed by an ovoid nodule, the stone of mottled hues
translucent gray, russet, and small areas of calcified white. of gray and russet.
3 1/4in (8.2cm) length of second and largest 6in (15.2cm) length of third and longest
$1,200 - 1,800 $2,000 - 3,000
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A GROUP OF THREE JADE BELT HOOKS
Each carved with a swelling spatulate handle: the first of mottled
russet hue with a dragon head (chip); the second of mottled russet
and greenish-white displaying a phoenix head; the third of mottled
gray-green displaying a horse head.
2 3/4 to 3 3/8in (7 to 8.5cm) long
$1,200 - 1,800
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