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A group of gilt-bronze belt
187 buckles
Qing Dynasty
188 Comprising: a reticulated two-part buckle
76 | Bonhams cast with never-ending knots suspended by
pairs of bats; a two-part hook and loop with
reticulated oval panels with the attributes of
the Eight Daoist Immortals.
Each approx. 9.5cm (3 3/4in) wide (4).
£1,000 - 1,500
CNY9,700 - 15,000
HK$12,000 - 18,000
187
Two gilt-bronze belt buckles
Qing Dynasty
The first a two-part buckle cast with
confronted dragons with a flaming pearl on a
wan-diaper ground; the second smaller two-
part buckle cast in openwork with ruyi-heads,
C-scrolls, foliate roundels and bats.
The largest: 8.3cm (3 1/4in) wide (4).
£1,000 - 1,500
CNY9,700 - 15,000
HK$12,000 - 18,000
188
Two gilt-bronze belt clasps
Qing Dynasty
Each formed as two-part interlocking slides,
the first cast with coin and foliate roundels on
a wan-diaper ground, the second cast with
four Buddhist lions playing with brocade balls.
The largest: 8cm (3 1/8in) wide (4).
£1,000 - 1,500
CNY9,700 - 15,000
HK$12,000 - 18,000
