Asian Art I - 14th November 2012
Lot 102
A fine Chinese white jade belthook possibly Yuan or Ming dynasty
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 | Hammer £1700
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Description
A fine Chinese white jade belthook possibly Yuan or Ming dynasty, the terminal carved as a goose's head, the curved shaft undecorated and with a slight turn-up to the tail, the stone with a few paler markings, 13cm.
Cf. J Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, pp.345-6 for related examples.
Provenance: The property of a lady. Purchased in Beijing between 1959-62.
元/明（可能） 白玉雕臥鵝形帶鈎