Page 106 - Bonhams Chinese Works of Art December 2014

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Two mounted mirrors inset with jade plaques and
8219 dragon belt hooks
Late Qing/Republic period
8218 The first with a jade belt hook that forms the handle attached to
the oval white metal mirror back inlaid with green jadeite and semi-
104 | BONHAMS precious colored stones, with an oval white jade plaque with a carved
persimmon; the second with jade belt hook forming the handle
attached to the circular white metal mirror mounted with a reticulated
jade plaque carved with a bird among leafy branches.
9 7/8in (25cm) length of larger mirror
$6,000 - 8,000

8218
A grayish-white jade longevity bowl
Late Qing/Republic period
The everted walls standing on a slightly splayed circular foot, rising to
a thinned lip and neatly incised to the exterior with one hundred shou
characters enhanced in gilt; the grayish-tinged stone with faint russet
and off-white inclusions, natural fissure veins, and numerous white and
gray specks.
5 1/2in (14cm) diameter
2 1/2in (6.4cm) high
$3,000 - 4,000

8219
A reticulated white jade archaistic amulet
Qing Dynasty
Each side carved in low relief with a symmetrical pattern of two
stylized gui dragons over two phoenix, with a single taotie mask in the
lower center.
4 1/4in (10.6cm) long
$2,000 - 3,000