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AN UNUSUAL WHITE JADE HINGED TWO-PART BELT FITTING
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AN UNUSUAL WHITE JADE HINGED TWO-PART BELT FITTING

17TH-18TH CENTURY

已结束2018年9月13日

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AN UNUSUAL WHITE JADE HINGED TWO-PART BELT FITTING
17TH-18TH CENTURY
The two circular halves are carved in low relief with different designs of chilong, and joined by a rectangular link carved in high relief and undercut on top with a crouching mythical beast and in low relief on the underside with a quatrefoil motif. One half has a central aperture to accommodate a circular button that projects from the center of the reverse of the other half, and the reverse of each half is carved with an archaistic design of comma spirals. The stone is of even, warm white color and softly polished.
4 ½ in. (11.5 cm.) wide

Spink & Son Ltd., London, 1992.
The Gerard Arnhold (1918-2010) Collection, São Paolo.

专家说明

The form of this hinged belt fitting appears to be based on Yuan dynasty prototypes, such as the example carved on both halves with a chilong, illustrated in Zhongguo Yuqi Quangji - 5 - Sui, Tang, Ming, Hebei, 1994, p. 113, pl. 171, where it is described as a belt huan. Although each half is of somewhat square shape, they are similarly joined by a link and, like the present fitting, one half has a central opening and the other has a button that protrudes from the reverse. See, also, the jade hinged two-part belt buckle dated to the Yuan dynasty, illustrated by R. Keverne, Jade, London, 1991, p. 134, fig. 14. Each square half of this buckle has a central hole surrounded by a chilong carved in high relief. As the two halves can be folded together it is possible that the fitting was stored folded.