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PROPERTY FROM THE LIZZADRO COLLECTION
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A RARE WHITE JADE HINGED TWO-PART BELT FITTING This belt ftting is unusual in that the two plaques are of rectangular
shape and are carved in an openwork style similar to other jade
YUAN-MING DYNASTY, 14TH-17TH CENTURY
rectangular plaques of Ming date that were made as belt plaques,
The belt ftting is comprised of two rectangular plaques joined by
a rectangular link carved with a lingzhi sprig, each plaque is fnely such as the example that is at the center of a jade belt illustrated
carved in openwork with a chilong crawling amidst scrolling stems of in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 41 -
lingzhi carved to create a sense of depth, at one end is a cloud-form Jadeware (II), Hong Kong, 1995, pp. 204-205, pl. 166, or those
loop held by the link and at the opposite end is a small opening that are part of another Ming jade belt illustrated in Zhongguo Yuqi
incorporated into the carving. The fat reverse is plain. Quanji - 5 - Sui, Tang, Ming, Hubei, 1994, p. 135, pl. 201. As there
6¬ in. (16.8 cm.) wide overall is a small opening at the end of each plaque it is likely that this
may have been a belt ftting where a cord would have been looped
$8,000-12,000 through the openings at the ends. The ability of the two plaques to
be folded fat against each other may also have facilitated storage.
Another similarly constructed, jade hinged two-part belt buckle or
PROVENANCE
Lizzadro Collection, Elmhurst, Illinois, acquired prior to 1960. ftting from the Qinxuan Collection, which is comprised of two
rectangular plaques with rounded ends that are similarly carved in
openwork with a dragon leaping amidst lotus stems, and which has
a lingzhi carved on top of the link, was included in the exhibition,
Magic and Order: Jade in Chinese Culture, Palm Springs Desert
Museum, 1990, no. 36, where it is dated Yuan dynasty. As with
the present ftting, each plaque has a similar cloud-form loop at one
end and a small opening at the opposite end.
元/明 白玉鏤雕螭龍靈芝紋帶飾

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