Lot Essay
The combination of motifs on this fine belt hook represent a rebus for 'blessings and emolument are coming to you'.
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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF PHILIP WOOD, SAN FRANCISCO
A FINELY CARVED PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE BELT HOOK
18TH CENTURY
Details
A FINELY CARVED PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE BELT HOOK
18TH CENTURY
Carved in rounded relief as a recumbent stag and doe with heads turned backwards towards each other, each with a stem of lingzhi in its mouth below a bat with outstretched wings, the concave reverse with an animal mask hook and a circular button carved with a yinyang symbol, the stone of even tone and with satiny polish
3½ in. (9 cm.) long
18TH CENTURY
Carved in rounded relief as a recumbent stag and doe with heads turned backwards towards each other, each with a stem of lingzhi in its mouth below a bat with outstretched wings, the concave reverse with an animal mask hook and a circular button carved with a yinyang symbol, the stone of even tone and with satiny polish
3½ in. (9 cm.) long
Provenance
Acquired in Boston in 1980.
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