A CHINESE QING DYNASTY HAND MIRROR WITH JADEITE PLAQUE

At the back and a jadeite Chilong belt hook as handle. Beautiful color and well carved. Condition: In great vintage condition.
Total length 17 CM; jadeite size 10 CM x 7.5 CM x 2 CM approximately; jadeite hook length 9 CM.

Provenance: Former collection of Brigadier Gordon Richardson, DSO, OBE (1910-1998). Richardson joined the 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles in India in 1931 before working as an instructor at Sandhurst between 1938 and 1940. Richardson was awarded an immediate DSO in 1944 when commanding the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Gurkha Rifles during the Italian campaign at Monte Cassino. He then received a bar to this DSO later in the same year. Afterwards, Richardson served in Greece, India, Singapore, Malaya and Hong Kong. He retired from the British Army in 1964 and then spent nine years in Nepal working for the Overseas Aid Development Corporation.
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