TWO CHINESE PORCELAIN BELT HOOKS

TWO CHINESE PORCELAIN BELT HOOKS
19TH CENTURY

One a rare famille rose example painted with scrolling tendrils on a pink ground, the head and a smaller dragon emerging from crashing waves covered with a turquoise glaze; the other with an openwork design of a chilong amongst lingzhi and scrolling tendrils, the finial with a monster's head; the colouring imitating jadeite; 11.3cm max. (2)

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).