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A VERY PALE GREEN JADE ARCHAISTIC BELT BUCKLE
18th/19th century
Formed as in two sections, each pierced and carved in low relief with
archaistic scrolls, the hook shaped as the head of a mythical beast,
with a further animal mask to the other section, the stone of pale-green
tone with some inclusions.
12.5cm (5in) long. (2).
£2,000 - 3,000
CNY18,000 - 27,000
十八/十九世紀 青白玉雕瑞獸帶扣

Provenance: Wing Commander Frederick William Hilton (1907-1988),
and thence by descent.
A UK private collection

來源：皇家空軍中校Frederick William Hilton（1907-1988）舊藏，
並由後人保存
英國私人收藏

Compare with a related white jade belt buckle, Qing dynasty, illustrated
in Jade: Ch’ing Dynasty Treasures, Taipei, 1997, p.228, no.168. 323

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A WHITE JADE RUYI-SHAPED PLAQUE
19th century
Carved on one side in low relief with sprigs of peony, camellias,
bamboo and lingzhi, the revese carved with fu shou kang ning,
meaning ‘Good fortune, long life, health and peace’, beneath a short
curved handle, the stone of even pale white tone.
9cm (3 1/2in) wide.
£2,500 - 3,500
CNY22,000 - 31,000
十九世紀 白玉雕如意形珮
Compare with a related white jade ‘lock’ shaped plaque with inscribed
blessing, Qing dynasty, from the Qing Court Collection, illustrated
in the Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade, 9,
Beijing, 2011, p.218, no.220.

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A WHITE JADE ‘BOYS AND BUTTERFLIES’ PLAQUE 324
Qing Dynasty
The rectangular plaque with cusped corners, carved in low relief on
one side with two boys sitting on a large plantain leaf, one leaning on a
large melon and the other fanning two fluttering butterflies, the reverse
with a poetic inscription in cursive script, all in vertical cartouches
below a frieze of archaistic motifs, the stone of even white tone with a
russet inclusion.
6.6cm (2 5/8in) long.
£3,000 - 5,000
CNY27,000 - 45,000
清 白玉雕童子嬉戲瓜瓞紋珮

Butterflies and melons form the pun guadie 瓜瓞, a rebus for
‘Ceaseless generations of descendants’.

See a very similar white jade ‘boys and butterfly’ plaque, Zigang mark,
Qing dynasty, formerly in the Durwin Tang collection, which was sold
at Bonhams Hong Kong, 27 November 2018, lot 183. See also
a related white jade pendant, Qing dynasty, illustrated in the
Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade, 9, Beijing,
2011, p.246, no.250.
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