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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
女士藏品
Lot 348Y

A PAIR OF LARGE JADE-INLAID SILVER-ALLOY INCENSE BURNERS AND COVERS
Late Qing Dynasty, the jade belt-hooks 18th/19th century

2 November 2023, 15:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£20,000 - £30,000

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A PAIR OF LARGE JADE-INLAID SILVER-ALLOY INCENSE BURNERS AND COVERS

Late Qing Dynasty, the jade belt-hooks 18th/19th century
Each of square form cast to the four sides with the Eight Auspicious Emblem motifs separated by jade flanges made of belt-hooks, each carved with a chilong clambering towards a dragon-head terminal, beneath the rim decorated with a band of beast masks and hanging rings, the cover decorated to each side with a cartouche filled with a 'garuda' and bordered by coral and turquoise beads, with jade flanges to the corners, surmounted by a finial in the form of a swirling dragon, all supported on four turtle-shape feet, on square carved wood bases.
50cm (19 3/4in) high. (6).

Footnotes

清晚期 銅鎏銀嵌白玉雜寶八吉祥紋大香爐一對(鑲十八/十九世紀 玉帶鉤)

Provenance: an English private collection

來源:英國私人收藏

The inlaid white jade flanges have been converted from belt-hooks, see a similar white jade 'dragon' belt-hook, Qianlong, which was sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, on 28 May 2019, lot 68. The present lot is remarkable for the diversity of auspicious motifs depicted, including the Eight Auspicious Emblems and Garuda.

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