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TWO WHITE JADE BELT HOOKS
Qing dynasty
The first a three-part buckle, comprising two semi-ellipsoid panels and
a central button with two hooks on the underside, the panels intricately
reticulated with elaborate scrolling lingzhi and chilong, each with a
connection loop at the flat edge, the stone of uniform white hue tinged
with gray; the second a belt hook with a curving shaft terminating in a
dragon head hook, the underside with a raised oval button, the stone
of a creamy gray color with faint dark brown patches.
3 1/2in (9cm) wide, the larger (3).
$3,000 - 5,000
清 白玉螭龍紋帶鈎及帶扣兩件
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827
A WHITE JADE PENDANT
Of ovoid shape, carved as a shaped panel between reticulated clouds
and flanked by C-scrolls, one side carved in low relief with a qilin
emitting vapors from its mouth with a rectangular cartouche inscribed
wenwan, the other side carved with two bats flanking four characters
in seal script reading shou tian bai lu, the stone of uniform white hue,
suspended from a beaded necklace.
2 3/4in (7cm) height of pendant
$8,000 - 10,000
白玉雕「壽天百祿」麒麟紋牌
827
828
A WHITE JADE SEAL
Qing Dynasty
The square sectioned seal body carved with rounded corners and
surmounted by mythical dragon-headed tortoise, the seal face carved
in relief with four seal script characters reading Zhao Xihu yin (seal of
Zhao Xihu), the white stone with streaks of russet and brown.
1 3/8in (3.4cm) high
$2,000 - 3,000
828 清 白玉神龜鈕《趙錫祜印》章
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