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A RETICULATED WHITE JADE ‘BIRD
AND FLOWERS’ BELT-BUCKLE
Probably Song/Jin Dynasty
Meticulously carved in openwork with a long-
tailed bird perched amongst blossoms and
clusters of leaves, one side carved with an
oval belt aperture, the softly polished stone of
even white tone, box.
5.5cm (2 1/8in) long (2).

£3,000 - 5,000
CNY26,000 - 44,000

或宋/金 白玉雕花鳥帶鉤

Provenance: the Muwen Tang Collection,
Hong Kong
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, The Muwen Tang
Collection of Chinese Jades, 1 December
2016, lot 114 (part lot)
Durwin Tang Collection

來源：香港沐文堂舊藏
香港蘇富比，「五德冰清—沐文堂藏中國玉
雕」專場，2016年12月1日，拍品114（之一）
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The well-reticulated buckle is a rare example
of the carver’s remarkable ability which has
successfully enhanced a pebble of refined and
even white tone with a delicate design.

203 It is very rare to find a jade belt-buckle with
this design. For an example of a closely-
related jade plaque, Song or Jin dynasty, see
J.Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic
to the Qing, London, 1995, no.25:13. See
also another related white jade plaque,
Song Dynasty, illustrated in Compendium of
Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade 5
Tang, Song, Liao, Jin and Yuan Dynasties,
Beijing, 2011, p.143, no.149.

204 *
A YELLOW AND RUSSET JADE ‘FOUR
ELEPHANTS’ BANGLE
Song/Ming Dynasty
The yellow stone with russet skin carved as an
oval bangle, the exterior rendered in relief with
four elephant heads, box.
8.7cm (3 3/8in) wide (2).

£6,000 - 8,000
CNY53,000 - 70,000

宋至明 黃玉帶皮象頭手鐲

Provenance: a Hong Kong private collection
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 1 June 2017, lot 72
Durwin Tang Collection

來源：香港私人舊藏
香港蘇富比，2017年6月1日，拍品編號72
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