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                                               A PALE GREEN JADE DRAGON BELT                   A YELLOW AND RUSSET JADE BELT
A SMALL COLLECTION OF JADE                     HOOK                                            HOOK
‘DRAGON’ BELT HOOKS                            19th century                                    Carved with a dragon head at the hook, with
Late Qing Dynasty                              Carved in openwork relief with a striding       a smaller writhing chilong holding a lingzhi at
Variously carved from green, very pale green,  chilong, grasping a leafy lingzhi spray in its  the shaft, the reverse with a circular boss.
grey and green and russet stones, all with     mouth, the terminal modelled as a twin-         12.3cm (4 3/4in) long
horned dragon head hook and reverse boss,      horned dragon head, the pale stone with
the grey jade hook carved on the shaft with    some faint brown striations. 12cm (4.3/4in)     £2,000 - 3,000
a mythical beast design, the pale green and    long.                                           CNY17,000 - 26,000	 HK$20,000 - 29,000
russet with confronting chilong, the small
hook with a ribbed box, the rest polished      £800 - 1,000
smooth. The largest: 10.7cm (4 1/8in) long     CNY6,900 - 8,700	 HK$7,800 - 9,800
(7).

£5,500 - 6,000
CNY48,000 - 52,000	 HK$54,000 - 59,000

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