Lot 1629
1629
A RED BROCADE AND YELLOW SILK BELT WITH WHITE JADE FITTINGS
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A RED BROCADE AND YELLOW SILK BELT WITH WHITE JADE FITTINGS

18TH/19TH CENTURY

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A RED BROCADE AND YELLOW SILK BELT WITH WHITE JADE FITTINGS
18TH/19TH CENTURY
The gold-thread and red brocade silk belt with yellow silk backing fitted with a pair of rectangular jade-mounted gilt-bronze fittings suspending ovoid rings, and fastened with a shaped two-part jade buckle with dragon-head hook, the jade of even white color
41½ in. (105.4 cm.) long

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Lot Essay

This type of belt would have been part of official dress and used to suspend purses, satchels, and implements used in daily life. Several examples of related belts with jade fittings suspending purses and various accessories in the Qing court collection are illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Costumes and Accessories of the Qing Court, Hong Kong, 2005, pp. 263-5, nos. 166-67, where they are dated to the early Qing dynasty.

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