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A VERY RARE WHITE AND GRAY JADE A SET OF SIX WHITE JADE OPENWORK BELT
OPENWORK AND RETICULATED ‘BOYS’ PLAQUES, MING DYNASTY
PLAQUE, SONG DYNASTY (6)
Width 3 in., 7.6 cm The widest 2⅜ in., 6 cm

PROVENANCE PROVENANCE
English Private Collection. Collection of the Marquis and Marquise de Ganay,
Courances, France.
⊖ $ 6,000-8,000
EXHIBITED
Ninety Jades for 90 Years, Marchant, London, 2015, cat. no. 21.
宋 灰白玉透雕嬰戲圖珮
The Ming imperial court is renowned for its spellbinding jade
來源 plaques. Mandated by the imperial costume regulations
英國私人收藏 of 1383 and 1393, the Ming emperors and their entourage,
390 starting with Hongwu, were known to wear jade belts –
usually made up of twenty jade plaques – carved in fine
openwork with dragons, animals and other auspicious
motifs. Compare a complete set of twenty closely related
openwork belt plaques carved with dragons and shou
characters, including six peach-shaped plaques, attributed
to the Ming dynasty, treasured and boxed by the Qianlong
Emperor, and illustrated in the Compendium of Collections in
the Palace Museum. Jade, vol. 6: Ming Dynasty, Beijing, 2011,
pl. 158, where the author illustrates other complete sets,
pls 152 & 157, and another unadorned set in white jade, pl.
163. The author also illustrates an oval openwork plaque with
similar bird and flower, pl. 168.
Compare also another set of twenty including six peach-
shape plaques, backed with gold foil and fixed to an original
leather belt wrapped in dark blue silk, included in Translucent
World. Chinese Jade from the Forbidden City, Art Gallery
of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 2007, cat. no. 96;
and another almost complete set of sixteen openwork belt
plaques carved with deer, including four of this peach shape,
published in Jade from the Hei-Chi Collection, Beijing, 2006,
pp 182-185, later sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 8th April
2010, lot 2030.
391 ⊖ $ 20,000-30,000
A WHITE JADE ‘DEER AND CRANE’ OPENWORK
BELT PLAQUE, SONG - MING DYNASTY 明 白玉透雕花鳥紋帶扣一組六件
wood stand (2) 來源
Width 2¾ in., 7 cm
加奈侯爵及侯爵夫人收藏，庫朗斯，法國
PROVENANCE 展覽
English Private Collection. 《Ninety Jades for 90 Years》，馬錢特，倫敦，2015
年，編號21
⊖ $ 5,000-7,000
391
宋至明 白玉透雕鹿鶴同春紋帶扣
來源
英國私人收藏

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