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8053 8054

8055 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE WASHINGTON COLLECTOR

8056 8053
A CARVED ‘CHICKEN BONE’ JADE BELT HOOK
40 | BONHAMS 18th/19th century
Deeply undercut and delicately delicately detailed throughout, with
alert tabby ears and grooved beard on the sinuous young dragon
facing the mature dragon head with a well articulated jaw, horns,
and line-incised mane continuing onto the underside of the curving
handle finished with an oval button, the subtly polished matrix of
opaque creamy white hue.
5 1/8in (13.1cm) long

US$3,000 - 5,000

PROPERTY FROM ANOTHER OWNER

8054
TWO WHITE JADE JADE BELT HOOKS
Qing dynasty
The larger carving deeply undercut with a young chilong grasping a
lingzhi fungus branch as it faces the dragon head hook with undercut
jaw and tongue, the brows and manes incised in delicate parallel
lines on the brightly polished surfaces displaying a faint gray-green
cast; the smaller belt hook similarly carved and finished, but with
the distinctive detail of tiny ridges raised along the backbone of the
young chilong facing the dragon head hook, the off-white matrix
polished to a soft luster.
5 1/4 and 4 1/2in (13.3 and 11.5cm) long

US$3,500 - 5,000

PROPERTY FROM A HAWAII ESTATE

8055
A CARVED OVOID JADE PLAQUE
Late Qing/Republic period
Of convex shape carved in high raised relief to one side to depict
the Hehe twins dwarfed by an elephant draped in an elaborate
saddle blanket beneath a blooming prunus tree; the stone of slightly
greenish white color.
4 1/8in (10.3cm) wide

US$2,000 - 3,000