SIX BELT HOOKS AND BUCKLES, AND A SWORD SLIDE Ming Dynasty and later (7)
SIX BELT HOOKS AND BUCKLES, AND A SWORD SLIDE
Ming Dynasty and later
Comprising a green and russet jade buckle in two interlocking parts, the hook modelled as a dragon head; a pale green jade hook of rectangular form, with a plain, polished surface, the reverse carved with two raised studs; a white and russet jade belt hook carved as a shaft ending at a stylised dragon head, the underside with a circular boss; a green and russet jade belt hook formed as a shaft terminating in a bird head, the reverse with a raised oval stud; a circular belt hook carved in relief with a dragon turning back towards a sinuous chilong, the underside with two bosses carved respectively as a dragon head and a flowerhead; and a pale green jade sword slide of rectangular form, the upper surface carved in high relief with a striding chilong, the underside with a rectangular loop. The largest: 9.8cm (3 7/8in) long. (7).
Footnotes:
明及以後 玉帶鈎及扣六件 及玉劍璏
See a related white jade goose-head belt hook, Ming dynasty, in the collection of the Capital Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Chinese Jades in Traditional Collections (中國傳世玉器全集), vol.4, Beijing, 2010, p.10
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SIX BELT HOOKS AND BUCKLES, AND A SWORD SLIDE
Ming Dynasty and later
Comprising a green and russet jade buckle in two interlocking parts, the hook modelled as a dragon head; a pale green jade hook of rectangular form, with a plain, polished surface, the reverse carved with two raised studs; a white and russet jade belt hook carved as a shaft ending at a stylised dragon head, the underside with a circular boss; a green and russet jade belt hook formed as a shaft terminating in a bird head, the reverse with a raised oval stud; a circular belt hook carved in relief with a dragon turning back towards a sinuous chilong, the underside with two bosses carved respectively as a dragon head and a flowerhead; and a pale green jade sword slide of rectangular form, the upper surface carved in high relief with a striding chilong, the underside with a rectangular loop. The largest: 9.8cm (3 7/8in) long. (7).
Footnotes:
明及以後 玉帶鈎及扣六件 及玉劍璏
See a related white jade goose-head belt hook, Ming dynasty, in the collection of the Capital Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Chinese Jades in Traditional Collections (中國傳世玉器全集), vol.4, Beijing, 2010, p.10
For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
