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A GROUP OF THREE JADE BELT HOOKS
The first two of similar shape and color, carved in thin curled ovoid
section terminating in a beast head handle peering at an undercut
chilong here unusually displaying vine and lotus tendrils under the
chins, in stone of uniformly greyish white hue; the third of greenish
yellow color with notable natural inclusions displaying a ground of
raised bosses to the convex exterior.
3 1/2in (9cm) length of first and longest

$1,800 - 2,500

922
TWO CARVED JADE BELT HOOKS
Both carved in similar long and curving section from stone of uniform
grayish white color, the first adorned in raised-relief motifs of lingzhi
also forming the hook and suspension nodule on the reverse; the
second covered in unusual vaguely zoomorphic archaistic patterns.
3 1/4 and 3 3/8in (8.3 and 8.6cm) long

$2,000 - 3,000

923
A CARVED JADE BIRD-HEADED BELT HOOK
Terminating in a hook rendered as the pointy beaked head of a
phoenix, the arching attenuated spine incised in archaistic wing
patterns, reversed by a raised circular nodule; the stone of white
color flecked with icy inclusions.
3 7/8in (10cm) long

$1,500 - 2,500
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