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TWO CARVED JADE BELT HOOKS
20th century
Both terminating in beast-head hooks peering at chilong writhing along
the curved spines reversed by raised circular nodules, and both carved
from stone of very uniform grayish tinged white; the first of slightly
shorter and wider shape, the second longer and thinner.
4 and 5 3/4in (10 and 14.6cm) long

$1,500 - 2,500

919
A WHITE JADE BELT HOOK
19th century
Terminating in a single-horned beast-head hook peering at the chilong
carved in raised relief to the slightly convex curving spine reversed by
a central nodule, the stone of very uniform whitish gray displaying an
oatmeal-color ‘skin’ to the top surfaces.
4 1/4in (10.8cm) long

$1,500 - 2,500

920
A FINE WHITE JADE BELT HOOK
Rendered as a long-tailed songbird terminating in a somewhat stubby
beaked head serving as the hook, the convex ovoid body incised in
individual plumage and surmounted by a raised-relief peony blossom
and reversed by a circular nodule; the stone of uniform whitish hue
displaying a slightly greenish tinge and whorled in icy inclusions.
4 1/4in (10.8cm) long

$2,500 - 4,000
920

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