A JADE ‘DOUBLE DRAGON’ BELT HOOK

WARRING STATES PERIOD (475-221 BC)

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A JADE ‘DOUBLE DRAGON’ BELT HOOK
WARRING STATES PERIOD (475-221 BC)
The curved shaft detailed with fine incisions depicting a scrolling ruyi motif, is carved on one end with an upturned dragon head, terminating on the other with a pair of dragon heads. The semi-translucent stone is of a pale greyish tone with some areas of russet inclusions and calcification.
4 7/8 in. (12.5 cm.) long, box

Provenance

The Yangdetang Collection, Taipei, acquired prior to 1995

Literature

Teng Shu-p’ing, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1995, pl. 61

Exhibited

National Palace Museum, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1995, Catalogue, pl. 61

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Lot Essay

A belt hook of very similar form, also with dragon heads at both terminals, is in the Qing Court Collection, now at the Palace Museum, illustrated in Jadeware (I), The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 1995, pl. 164.

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