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A GROUP OF FOURTEEN SMALL JADE DECORATIONS TWO CELADON JADE BELT HOOKS WITH METAL MOUNTS
Including three hairpins, the largest of curving strap shape with volute LATE QING DYNASTY
finial, now drilled and mounted as a pendant on a necklace strung Both carved in high relief with delicately incised linear details to depict
with one hardstone bead and multiple purple glass beads; the second the curling tail of a young chilong facing the dragon-head hook, the
and third hairpins each with a reticulated finial above a short blade curving handle reversed by an oblong button, the matrix of grayish
shaped body, one of white and the other of mottled green hue; the tinge; one mounted on a letter opener stamped sterling; the other
fourth a mottled green and white jade finial undercut as birds and lotus mounted on an incomplete white metal handle.
plants, now with 14K gold suspension loop and wires; two reticulated 3 3/4in (9.5cm) long
pendant plaques of young boys; four other pendant plaques that
include a dragon, a fish, a pair of pea pods on a stalk and a bat US$1,000 - 1,500
hovering on a peach branch; and four rings, three of saddle type, the
fourth and smallest with convex exterior and upright interior walls. 9240
4 3/8 in (11.1cm) the largest hairpin A JADE-MOUNTED SILVER HAND MIRROR
THE JADES QING DYNASTY
US$1,000 - 1,500 The oval silver frame chased with emblems of the Eight Immortals and
mounted with jadeite and colored stone cabochons that surround a
PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS greenish-white jade oval plaque carved in relief with a young immortal
holding a vase that issues auspicious bats and clouds, the mirror
9237 handle using a greenish-white jade belt hook with dragon head hook
A GROUP OF THREE JADE GARMENT HOOKS facing a curving handle with a squared tip and an oval button on the
The largest detailed with a striated mane and raised vertebrae on the reverse, the metal mounts stamped silver.
deeply undercut chilong that faces the dragon head hook with drilled 11in (28cm) length overall
jaw, the button on the reverse carved as a flower head, the stone with
pale russet patches; the second with a drilled jaw through the dragon US$4,000 - 6,000
head hook facing a deeply undercut chilong, the button on the reverse
of oval form (minor chips); the third undercut with a chilong grasping 9241
a curving stem in its mouth as it faces the dragon head hook, an oval A CARVED JADE RAM
button on the reverse and pale greenish cast to the stone. The recumbent figure posed with its head turned backward, its legs
5 1/8 to 4in (13 to 10cm) long deeply undercut and all surfaces polished to a bright luster, the pale
green stone marked with tiny black and opaque white inclusions.
US$1,500 - 2,000 3in (7.6cm) long
9238 US$1,200 - 1,800
A GROUP OF FIVE JADE AND HARDSTONE GARMENT HOOKS
The first with an open-jawed dragon head as the hook, facing a
phoenix flying amid clouds in delicate raised relief across the swelling
handle; the second with a dragon head hook facing a curving strap
handle engraved with a panel of C-scrolls; the third depicting a
crested dragon head hook with exaggerated eyes facing the swelling
handle; the fourth of mottled dark russet hue, carved as a young
dragon head with a single undercut horn facing the swelling handle;
the last of pale gray-green hue with a bird-like hook facing the swelling
handle (some with surfaces re-polished).
3 1/2 to 2 3/4in (9 to 7cm) long
US$800 - 1,200
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