Asian Art I - 12th November 2014

Lot 13

A large Chinese pale celadon jade belthook 18th century

Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 | Hammer £5000

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Description

A large Chinese pale celadon jade belthook 18th century, carved with a dragon's head terminal, the shaft with a smaller sinuous dragon, carrying a lingzhi fungus in its mouth, raised on a fitted hardwood stand, 13.7cm. (2)

Provenance: formerly in the Rossum collection, The Hague. Collected in the 1960s.