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Superb Belt Fittings PROPERTY FROM THE ROBERT J. AND MARILYN HAMBURGER COLLECTION
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from The Robert J. and Marilyn Hamburger Collection A RARE PAIR OF EUROPEAN ENAMEL-INSET GILT-BRONZE The present set of enameled belt fittings reflects the Qing emperors' avid
fascination with foreign curiosities. It is known, however, that enameled
BELT SLIDES
18TH CENTURY clocks, watches, plaques with devotional scenes and the like were brought
Each belt slide is comprised of two interlocked parts, with the upper oval to Beijing by the Jesuits, with the aim of attracting the curiosity of the Court,
as early as1687, when Jean de Fontaney (1673-1710), a French Jesuit in China,
韓博閣伉儷珍藏重要中國帶飾 section cast with a key-fret border encircling an enameled scene of an wrote a letter to his superiors requesting enameled objects as gifts. These
韓博閣伉儷珍藏重要中國帶飾
European lady and a gentleman in a landscape, and the reverse with two
rectangular vertical loops. The lower section with oval aperture is cast with a gifts were usually presented to the emperor on the arrival of new missionaries
at court and on the occasion of the emperor's birthday or anniversary. A set of
(Lots 863–869) monster mask and swirling clouds. six enameled gold European-subject belt fittings, Geneva, circa 1790,sold at
3 in. (7.6 cm.) high (2) Christie’s New York, 15 September 2011, lot 1216, was accompanied by a letter
stating that the fittings were reputedly given to Qianlong to commemorate his
$7,000-9,000 60 anniversary. Another example of European enameling depicting European
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figures, but on a pocket watch, is in the Palace Museum, Taipei, image no.
EXHIBITED: K1D003315N000000000PAC.
Omaha, Nebraska, Joslyn Art Museum, Elegance of the Qing Court: Reflections
of a Dynasty Through Its Art, 1 March-6 June 2008. While the enameling and style of decoration may be European, the fittings
were made to suit the Chinese market, and to function as belt plaques used
LITERATURE:
M. G. Hamburger and L. Salter, “Function, Fashion and Status: Qing Dynasty to decorate a chao dai (court belt). See, for example, the painting on silk of
Belt Ornaments,” Orientations, May 2006, p. 64, fig. 7b. an emperor's chaodai, illustrated by G. Dickinson and L. Wrigglesworth in
Fang Jing Pei et al., Elegance of the Qing Court: Reflections of a Dynasty Imperial Wardrobe, London, 1990, pl.138, p. 156, where various items such as
Through Its Art, 2008, p. 65, no. 203. perfume sachets, purses, and knives can be seen hanging from the oval loop
of the belt plaques. See, also, beltplaques with the same construction in the
ROBERT J. 及 MARILYN HAMBURGER 珍藏 Qing Court Collection illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of
the Palace Museum - 51 - Costumes and Accesories of the Qing Court, Hong
清十八世紀 鎏金銅嵌畫琺瑯歐洲人物帶環一對 Kong, 2005, pp. 263-4, pl. 167.
展覽:
奧馬哈, 內布拉斯加, Joslyn 美術館, 「Elegance of the Qing Court:
Reflections of a Dynasty Through Its Art」, 2008年3月1日-6月6日
出版:
M. G. Hamburger及L. Salter, 〈Function, Fashion and Status: Qing Dynasty
Belt Ornaments〉, 《Orientations》, 2006年5月, 頁64, 圖7b
Fang Jing Pei 等, 《Elegance of the Qing Court: Reflections of a Dynasty
Through Its Art》, 2008年, 頁 65, 編號 203
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PROPERTY FROM THE ROBERT J. AND MARILYN HAMBURGER COLLECTION PROPERTY FROM THE ROBERT J. AND MARILYN HAMBURGER COLLECTION
863 864
A HARDSTONE-INSET GILT-BRONZE RUYI-FORM BELT HOOK A JADE-INSET RETICULATED GILT-BRONZE TWO-PART BELT
18TH CENTURY BUCKLE
The belt hook is cast in the form of a gnarled branch of ruyi inset with QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
malachite, quartz, jadeite, and other hardstones. The reverse is cast with a Each half of the buckle is inset with a pale grey jade plaque surrounded by a
ruyi-form button. floral scroll border. One half terminates in a dragon-head hook and the other
3¡ in. (8.6 cm.) long has a mushroom-shaped aperture. Both are cast on the reverse with two
vertical loops and reticulated floral scroll.
$7,000-9,000 5√ in. (15 cm.) long
EXHIBITED: $4,000-6,000
Omaha, Nebraska, Joslyn Art Museum, Elegance of the Qing Court: Reflections
of a Dynasty Through Its Art, 1 March-6 June 2008. EXHIBITED:
Omaha, Nebraska, Joslyn Art Museum, Elegance of the Qing Court: Reflections
LITERATURE: of a Dynasty Through Its Art, 1 March-6 June 2008.
Fang Jing Pei et al., Elegance of the Qing Court: Reflections of a Dynasty
Through Its Art, 2008, p. 66, no. 218. LITERATURE:
Fang Jing Pei et al., Elegance of the Qing Court: Reflections of a Dynasty
ROBERT J. 及 MARILYN HAMBURGER 珍藏 Through Its Art, 2008, p. 66, no. 219.

清十八世紀 鎏金銅嵌寶如意式帶鉤
ROBERT J. 及 MARILYN HAMBURGER 珍藏
展覽:
清 鎏金銅嵌玉帶扣一組
奧馬哈, 內布拉斯加, Joslyn 美術館, 「Elegance of the Qing Court:
Reflections of a Dynasty Through Its Art」, 2008年3月1日-6月6日 展覽:
出版: 奧馬哈, 內布拉斯加, Joslyn 美術館, 「Elegance of the Qing Court: Reflections
of a Dynasty Through Its Art」, 2008年3月1日-6月6日
Fang Jing Pei 等, 《Elegance of the Qng Court: Reflections of a Dynasty
Through Its Art》, 2008年, 頁 66, 編號 218 出版:
Fang Jing Pei 等, 《Elegance of the Qing Court: Reflections of a Dynasty
Through Its Art》, 2008年, 頁 66, 編號 219

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