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FOUR WHITE JADE HAIRPINS A GREEN JADE ‘QUAIL AND MILLET’ PLAQUE AND A GREEN
Qing dynasty JADE BELT HOOK
Each slender pin with a curved circular finial and ending in a finely The plaque 18th century, the hook 19th century
pointed tip, the reticulated shafts variously carved with shou
characters above lotus and prunus flowers, a butterfly hovering above The plaque with a reticulated carving of four quails feeding on
a vase of prunus blossom, a phoenix amid scrolls and a bat and ripe millet and mounted as a silver mirror, the border chased with
endless knot amid peaches. the Eight Daoist Symbols between applied jadeite and hardstone
8 3/4in (22cm) long, the longest embellishments; the mirror handle formed from a jade belt hook
$1,000 - 1,500 carved with a clambering chilong looking towards the hook carved as
a mythical beast head, the underside with a flattened button.
清 白玉髮簪四件 9 3/4in (24.7cm) long, overall
$2,500 - 4,000

Compare a group of three white jade hairpins of similar form and 十八世紀 青玉雕歲歲平安牌
design from the Qing Court Collection illustrated in The Complete 十九世紀 青玉雕螭龍帶鉤
Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Jadeware (III), Hong
Kong, 2006, no. 5. 8061
A PALE GREEN JADE ‘BUDDHIST SYMBOLS’ PLAQUE AND A
8059 PALE GREEN JADE BELT HOOK
A WHITE JADE RETICULATED ‘BUTTERFLY’ BELT BUCKLE The plaque 18th century, the hook 19th century
Qing dynasty The plaque crisply carved in relief with four of the Eight Buddhist
Each rectangular part of curving section over a flattened loop on the Symbols, bajixiang, the fish, the parasol, the vase and the lotus, all
underside, the pierced carving of each part depicting a butterfly amid amid ribbons and mounted on silver chased with the Eight Daoist
leafy scrolls, the hook shaped as a mythical beast head, the stone Symbols between eight applied jadeite peaches; the hook mounted
with a gleaming polish. as the mirror handle and carved in high relief with a chilong clambering
4 1/2in (11.6cm) long along the shaft towards the hook formed as a mythical beast head,
$2,000 - 3,000 the underside with a low button.
9 1/4in (23.4cm) long, overall
清 白玉鏤雕蝴蝶紋帶扣 $3,000 - 5,000

十八世紀 青玉雕八寶紋牌
十九世紀 青玉雕螭龍紋帶鉤

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