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A SUPERB AND VERY LARGE A CELADON, GREY AND RUSSET
CELADON AND RUSSET ‘SEVEN ‘CHILONG’ JADE BELT HOOK, MING
IMMORTALS’ JADE MOUNTAIN, DYNASTY
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17 – 18 CENTURY The celadon and grey nephrite retaining a
richly colored russet skin across the sides,
with beautiful clouds of intense iron-red.
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China, 16 – 17 century
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Published: The Property of Mr Philip
Cardeiro, Carol Michaelson, Knapton
Rasti Asian Art, London 2009, lot 33.

The twin horned dragon head hook
depicted with a raised snout above the
skillfully carved jaw, the line-incised
eyelashes and long mane as it faces two
young, entwined chilong deeply carved on
top of the wide S-shaped spatulate handle,
the large button on the reverse extending
almost to the edges of the handle.

Shape: Belt hook
Dimensions: Length 9 cm
Weight: 83,1 grams
Condition: Very good condition with two
small old nicks (almost invisible to the
naked eye). Some miniscule natural flaws
in the mineral
Provenance: The Philip Cardeiro collection
of Chinese jade, built from 1968 until the
early 1990s, one label to back

Auction results comparison: See the
yellow jade dragon belt hook with wide,
spade shaped body, ascribed to the
17th century, from the Gerald Godfrey
Private Collection of Fine Chinese Jades,
Christie’s, Hong Kong sale, 30 October
1995, lot 821. Also compare with the
snout of the dragon head on a large
greyish-white belt hook from the Lizzadro
Collection, ascribed to the Late Ming
Dynasty, 16th/17th century, in Christie’s,
New York, sale 2803, 21 March 2013, lot
818. A third belt buckle of similar form,
dated as Ming, was offered in the Beijing
Hanhai sale, 2 July 2001, lot 1332. 57
A SMALL OPENWORK ’STAG AND LINGZHI’ JADE BELT HOOK, EARLIER QING DYNASTY
㖶ẋ坕漵曺䌱ⷞ戌 The nephrite varying from even celadon to dark-brown color. Good surface polish.
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曺䌱⛇㰩炻㴖晽坕漵 China, late 17 – 18 century
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↢䇰⑩烉䶐嘇ĴĴ炻őũŪŭŪűġńŢųťŦŪųŰ⃰䓇䍵啷⑩ Well carved to depict a stag’s head as the hook, with its typical bifurcated horns, well hollowed ears
普炻ńŢųŰŭġŎŪŤũŢŦŭŴŰů叿炻ŌůŢűŵŰůġœŢŴŵŪṆ㳚 and nostrils, the handle with reticulated lingzhi in high relief, showing some neatly incised detail work.
喅埻⑩℔⎠↢䇰炻ΐ㔎炻ijııĺ⸜ The button on the reverse of oval shape and extending almost to the edges of the handle.
⑩䚠列⤥
伶⚳䞍⎵㓞啷⭞ńįőʼnŊōŊőġńłœŅņŊœŐ⃰䓇 Shape: Belt hook
䍵啷⑩炻Ṿ㕤IJĺķĹ⸜军IJĺĺı⸜ẋ⇅㛇⣏慷㓞 Dimensions: Length 8 cm.
啷ᷕ⚳喅埻⑩炻側朊⎗夳㓞啷⭞㧁䰌ˤ Weight: 34,7 grams
Condition: Perfect condition
EstimateġEUR 500,- Provenance: United Kingdom private collection
Starting price EUR 250,-
㶭ẋ䌠椾晽曺䌱ⷞ戌
曺䌱⛇㰩炻堐朊䢐⃱列⤥
ᷕ⚳炻IJĸᶾ䲨㘂㛇军IJĹᶾ䲨
⑩䚠⬴┬
劙⚳䥩Ṣ㓞啷
EstimateġEUR 300,-
Starting price EUR 150,-

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