拍品 462
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THREE WHITE JADE GILT-METAL BELT PLAQUES
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. AND MRS. MALCOLM E. MCPHERSON
THREE WHITE JADE GILT-METAL BELT PLAQUES

18TH/19TH CENTURY

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THREE WHITE JADE GILT-METAL BELT PLAQUES
18TH/19TH CENTURY
Comprising a rectangular buckle and two rectangular belt segments, one end of each belt segment with trefoil hinged loop and embellished with ruby and emerald-colored cut glass 'jewels', each inset with a jade plaque of even white tone
2½ in. and 2 7/8 in. (6.3 cm. and 7.2 cm.) long, fitted box (3)

拍品專文

Compare the first-rank official belt, chao dai, ornamented with three white jade-inset gilt-bronze plaques which was given to General Gordon by the Tongzhi Emperor and which is now in the Royal Engineers Museum. See, G. Dickenson and L. Wrigglesworth, Imperial Wardrobe, London, 1990, p. 157, pl. 139. On this belt, embroidered silk purses and ceremonial kerchiefs are shown suspended from the loops of the outer two plaques.