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7027 Property from a Prominent San
Francisco collector
7028
7027
7028A A group of eight jade belt hooks
and plaques
32 | BONHAMS Late Qing/Republic period
Including three belt hooks of pale gray-green
hue, each similarly carved with drill holes
through the jaw of the dragon-head hook
facing a deeply undercut qilong on the curving
handle reversed by an oval button; the fourth
a belt hook of pale greenish-white hue with
cloudy white inclusions, carved in high relief
with a qilong on the handle facing the dragon-
head hook and reversed with an oval button;
the fifth a dragon-headed belt hook with a
swelling spatulate handle reversed by an
oval button, the matrix of fairly uniform pale
gray-green; the sixth a rectangular sectioned
belt slide carved in low relief with a xuangxi
character fronting an undercut rectangular
flange terminating in an oval loop, the pale
greenish-white matrix marked with cloudy
white inclusions and a hairline fissure; the
seventh a pale greenish-white belt slide of
rectangular section, deeply undercut on
the front as a gourd vine with leafy tendrils
and on the reverse with a rectangular flange
terminating in an oval loop; the eighth a
rectangular belt buckle without decoration,
thinly sectioned and undercut on the reverse
with a rectangular loop and oval hook the pale
gray-green matrix with cloudy white inclusions
and tiny russet-stained fissure lines.
2 to 3 1/2in (5 to 9cm) long
$3,000 - 5,000

7028
Two nephrite two-part
belt buckles
Qing dynasty
The first of pale greenish-white hue with
cloudy white inclusions, each part deeply
undercut to the front with a sinuous chilong
intertwined with lingzhi fungus as it faces the
scalloped loop on one side and the intricately
worked dragon head with drilled jawline on
the other, each section carved on the reverse
with an oval button now surrounded with
silver loop mounts; the second of pale gray-
green hue with some pale russet patches,
similarly reticulated with chilong and lingzhi
fungus facing a dragon head on one section
and a loop of simple curving profile on the
other, the buttons on the reverse of simple
circular form.
4 and 4 1/4in (10 and 11cm) long
$6,000 - 8,000