The belt comprising twelve embossed and pierced panels each designed as a pair of abstract birds with foliage, lightly engraved on the front, with a lobed hexagonal buckle further enhanced with appliqued gold flowers and birds, circa 1950, gross weight 514 grams
Cf. a similar belt sold in these Rooms, 27 March 1994, lot 226 and illustrated in E. Chin, Gilding the Phoenix, p. 179. (2)