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A LARGE WHITE JADE ‘MYTHICAL 清乾隆 白玉浮雕螭龍靈芝紋帶鉤
BEAST’ BELTHOOK
來源：
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG
PERIOD 香港蘇富比1987年5月21日，編號698
the terminal superbly worked in the form of
a dragon’s head, depicted with bulging eyes
between dramatic curling eyebrows and a
prominent snout, the beast portrayed baring
its teeth at a writhing chilong portrayed in
openwork grasping in its mouth a lingzhi scroll
and clambering atop the broad arched shaft, the
underside of the hook with a round knob, the
translucent stone of an even white colour with
faint grey inclusions to the underside
12 cm, 4¾ in.
PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 21st May 1987, lot 698.
HK$ 100,000-150,000
US$ 12,800-19,200
