Lot Essay
Two similar jadeite buckles are illustrated in Jade: Ch'ing Dynasty Treasures, National Museum of History, Taipei, 1997, p. 226, nos. 164-65.
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Property from a Private American Collection
A MOTTLED GREEN JADEITE TWO-PART BUCKLE
Details
A MOTTLED GREEN JADEITE TWO-PART BUCKLE
The rectangular undercut top of each half carved in openwork as a chilong crawling amidst lingzhi, one half with a dragon head hook, the other with a loop, both with a button on the underside and pierced at the ends for attachment, the stone shading from pale greenish white to apple and emerald green
3 7/16 in. (8.7 cm.) long
The rectangular undercut top of each half carved in openwork as a chilong crawling amidst lingzhi, one half with a dragon head hook, the other with a loop, both with a button on the underside and pierced at the ends for attachment, the stone shading from pale greenish white to apple and emerald green
3 7/16 in. (8.7 cm.) long
Provenance
Acquired in Washington, DC, in the early 1970s.
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