A WHITE JADE 'BAT' BELT BUCKLE QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
A WHITE JADE 'BAT' BELT BUCKLE
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
carved in high relief with a cluster of pomegranates and insect on one half of the buckle terminating in a dragon-head hook, the other with a rectangular aperture carved with a bat perched on ripe peaches, the underside of each with a raised circular panel detailed with chrysanthemums
Quantity: 2
The longer half: 6 cm, 2 3/8 in.
Provenance:
Related examples included one in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, illustrated in Ming Wilson, Chinese Jades, London, 2004, pl. 29; and another, from the von Orertzen collection, published in S. Howard Handsford, Jade. Essence of Hills and Streams, London, 1969, pl. D60.
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A WHITE JADE 'BAT' BELT BUCKLE
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
carved in high relief with a cluster of pomegranates and insect on one half of the buckle terminating in a dragon-head hook, the other with a rectangular aperture carved with a bat perched on ripe peaches, the underside of each with a raised circular panel detailed with chrysanthemums
Quantity: 2
The longer half: 6 cm, 2 3/8 in.
Provenance:
Related examples included one in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, illustrated in Ming Wilson, Chinese Jades, London, 2004, pl. 29; and another, from the von Orertzen collection, published in S. Howard Handsford, Jade. Essence of Hills and Streams, London, 1969, pl. D60.
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