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PROPERTY FROM THE ROBERT J. AND MARILYN PROPERTY FROM THE ROBERT J. AND MARILYN
HAMBURGER COLLECTION
~866
A JADE AND CORAL-INSET GILT-BRONZE
BELT SLIDE FOR A FIRST RANK CIVIL OFFICIAL
18TH CENTURY
The rectangular slide with jade and coral insets is cast
with a dragon-head attachment that connects to a
hinged loop cast in the form of two confronting beasts. with a rectangular gilt-bronze buckle with two loops
2Ω in. (6.2 cm.) high
$3,000-5,000
EXHIBITED:
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Draped in Dragons, 3
December 2003-2 May 2004.
Omaha, Nebraska, Joslyn Art Museum, Elegance of
the Qing Court: Reflections of a Dynasty Through Its
Art, 1 March-6 June 2008.
LITERATURE:
M. G. Hamburger and L. Salter, “Function, Fashion
and Status: Qing Dynasty Belt Ornaments,”
Orientations, May 2006, p. 62, fig. 2.
Fang Jing Pei et al., Elegance of the Qing Court:
Reflections of a Dynasty Through Its Art, 2008, p. 64,
no. 197.
ROBERT J. 及 MARILYN HAMBURGER 珍藏
清十八世紀 鎏金銅嵌玉及珊瑚文一品帶環
展覽:
波士頓, 波士頓美術館, 「Draped in Dragons」, 2003
年12月3日-2004年5月2日
奧馬哈, 内布拉斯加, 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62, 圖2
Fang Jing Pei 等, 《Elegance of the Qing Court:
Reflections of a Dynasty Through Its Art》, 2008
866 年, 頁 64, 編號 197
PROPERTY FROM THE ROBERT J. AND MARILYN
HAMBURGER COLLECTION
~867
A JADE-INSET GILT-BRONZE TWO-PART
BELT BUCKLE
18TH CENTURY
Each half of the buckle is inset with a greenish-
white jade plaque carved in low relief with
double-gourd tendrils and studded in the center
with a small coral bead. One half terminates in a
ruyi-form hook centered by a large coral bead and
the other has an oval aperture.
5æ in. (14.6 cm.) long
$4,000-6,000
ROBERT J. 及 MARILYN HAMBURGER 珍藏
清十八世紀 鎏金銅嵌玉帶扣一組
867
HAMBURGER COLLECTION
868
A YELLOW SILK BELT WITH HARDSTONE-
INSET, PEARL AND GILT-METAL REPOUSSE
BELT BUCKLE AND BELT SLIDES
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
The yellow silk belt with red brocade backing is fitted
on the back and inset on the front with seed pearls
and hardstones on a repoussé floral ground. The
two quadrilobed belt slides are similarly cast and
decorated, and the two additional fittings are each
inset with six circular hardstones on a key-fret ground.
Buckle: 4 in. (10.2 cm.) long
$8,000-10,000
Compiled during the Qianlong period, the illustrated
encyclopedia album entitled Huangchao liqi tushi
(Illustrated precedents for the ritual paraphernalia of
the [Qing] imperial court)classified all clothing and
accessories used by the court, from the emperor to
the lowest functionary. Clothing was generally divided
into court clothes, auspicious clothes, and regular
clothes, depending on the occasion. A yellow silk
court belt of the same yellow color as the present belt,
but with gold-inlaid jade pendants, and dated to the
Jiaqing reign (1796-1820), is in the collection of the
Palace Museum, Taipei. The catalogue notes that the
bright yellow color of this belt is in line with imperial
regulations for auspicious clothing, and this belt
would have likely been worn by the Jiaqing Emperor
for an auspicious occasion. (Fig. 1) For other examples
of yellow silk formal belts dated to the early Qing
dynasty with associated belt buckles and belt slides
see The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace
Museum - 51 - Costumes and Accessories of the Qing
Court, Hong Kong, 2005, pp. 263-5, pls. 166-7.
ROBERT J. 及 MARILYN HAMBURGER 珍藏
晚清 明黃絲帶配鎏金金屬嵌寶帶扣及帶環一組
Fig. 1 Ceremonial court belt with gold-inlaid jade pendants,
Qing dynasty, Jiaqing reign (1796-1820). National Palace
Museum, Taipei, 故雜006756N000000000.
圖一 金鑲黃碧璽吉服帶, 清嘉慶, 臺北國立故宮博物院藏, 館藏編號
故雜006756N000000000