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Two apple green jadeite belt hooks A white jade hook with deer head, bat and peaches
The larger carving with a stylized chilong head forming the hook and 18th/19th century
the smaller chilong entwined amid stems of lingzhi fungus and gourds, The fine white stone crisply carved with the hook formed as a delicate
all carved from a bright apple green layer of stone; the smaller hook deer’s head and the body carved in relief with a bat spreading its
also with chilong carved from white stone with bright green inclusions. wings towards two peaches issuing from a leafy stem, the oval button
4 1/8in (10.5cm) length of larger belt hook incised with a yin yang symbol and edges incised with key fret.
$3,000 - 5,000 3 3/4in (9.5cm) long
$2,500 - 4,000
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The larger hook with the head formed as a dragon with bulging eyes An inlaid white jade ‘crane with lingzhi’ hook
beneath flame-like brows, the flattened shaft smoothly polished; the Late Qing/Republic period
smaller hook of more whitish stone with pale brown inclusions, the Unusually carved as a crane clutching a spray of lingzhi fungus in
dragon head gazing over the rounded body. its long beak, the characteristic cap inlaid with rose stone and the
5in (12.8cm) length of larger belt hook eyes as green beads, the rounded body incised with finely detailed
$4,000 - 6,000 incised feathers.
3 3/4in (9.5cm) long
7034 $2,500 - 4,000
Two jade ‘chilong’ belt hooks
One hook carved from white stone with russet highlights on the
head of the single-horned larger chilong gazing towards the smaller
chilong clambering up the body of the hook, the other similarly
carved from brownish-gray stone with a larger chilong head facing
the smaller chilong.
5 1/8in (13cm) length of larger belt hook
$2,500 - 4,000

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