Asian Art I - 17th November 2015
Lot 68
A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE BELT BUCKLE 18TH CENTURY Carved as a recumbent horse
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 | Hammer £3200
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Description
A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE BELT BUCKLE
18TH CENTURY
Carved as a recumbent horse, its feet tucked beneath its body and its head turned over its back, wearing a bridle, a small monkey clambering on its back and holding the reigns, together with an openwork hardwood fitted stand, 8.3cm. (2)
Provenance: a private collection, Hampshire.
Cf. For a related buckle, see Marchant, Chinese Jades from the O J R Allen Collection, p.72, no.35.