Page 110 - Bonhams Chinese Works of Art December 2014

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Two jade dragon belt hooks
8228 18th/19th century
8229 The first of dark green spinach jade with a dragon head with deeply
undercut jaw facing a chilong crawling across the curving handle,
108 | BONHAMS reversed by an oval button; the second of white jade with a dragon head
with a deeply undercut jaw facing the curving handle with a design of a
bat, peony and stylized shou character, reversed by a circular button.
4 7/8in (12.3cm) length of larger belt hook
$2,000 - 3,000

8228
Two white jade belt buckles and a slide
Qing Dynasty
The first buckle in the form of two concentric rings, each containing a
bat with lingzhi, reversed by two circular buttons; the second buckle of
endless knot form with two chrysanthemum medallions and reversed
by two circular buttons; the belt slide carved in the form of two
intertwined catfish, their heads meeting at a shou medallion.
3in (7.8cm) length of largest carving
$3,000 - 5,000

8229
A group of five jade belt slides
Qing dynasty
Each of rectangular silhouette and C-scroll form reversed by a rectangular
loop: the largest of yellow jade marked with russet patches, engraved
in fine outlines with vegetal scroll work; the second of straw color with a
patch of pale russet, carved with an animal mask above raised C-scrolls,
circular bosses and criss-cross reserves; the third and shortest of pale
olive green with russet veins, simply ornamented with raised string bands
carved at the outer edges; the fourth of pale greenish-white with opaque
straw colored patches throughout, covered with a field of intertwined
C-scrolls; the last of translucent straw color with two patches of faint
russet, carved with two vertical rows of horizontal C-scrolls.
4 1/8 to 2 1/2in (10.5 to 6cm) long
$1,500 - 2,000

8230
A group of seven jadeite archer’s rings
Of typical form, six rounded, the seventh with one flat side, several
with emerald green inclusions to the stone.
1 1/8in (3cm) high
$1,500 - 2,500

8231
Three jade animal carvings
Including two recumbent hounds, one in white jade with its head resting
on its fore paws, the second in russet jade with its head raised; together
with a crouching dragon carved from celadon jade with russet inclusions.
2 3/4in (7cm) length of largest animal
$2,500 - 4,000

8232
Three small white jade belt hooks
Qing Dynasty
The first in ruyi scepter form with intertwined lingzhi on the handle and
a lingzhi forming the button on the underside; the remaining two in
dragon form, with oval buttons on the underside.
3 3/8in (8.5cm) length of each
$2,000 - 3,000

8233
A group of four jade hairpins
Three of white jade and one mottled green jade, each of the four of
ruyi shape with a deeply undercut lingzhi head, with a probable loss of
stone inlay to one of the hairpins.
6 1/8in (15.5cm) the longest hairpin
$2,000 - 3,000