SIX BELT HOOKS AND BUCKLES, AND A SWORD SLIDE Ming...
A Distinguished Collection of Jade Carvings, Part I, Lots 1-24
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).
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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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A Distinguished Collection of Jade Carvings, Part I, Lots 1-24
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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