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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF PHILIP WOOD, SAN FRANCISCO
AN UNUSUAL WHITE JADE TWO-PART BELT BUCKLE
18TH CENTURY
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AN UNUSUAL WHITE JADE TWO-PART BELT BUCKLE
18TH CENTURY
Carved in the form of two recumbent ducks, the head of one forming the hook and the curved neck of the other forming the loop so that when closed the necks are intertwined and the heads side-by-side, with scroll-carved wings and slightly upturned tails, each half with a circular button on the underside
4¼ in. (10.9 cm.) long
18TH CENTURY
Carved in the form of two recumbent ducks, the head of one forming the hook and the curved neck of the other forming the loop so that when closed the necks are intertwined and the heads side-by-side, with scroll-carved wings and slightly upturned tails, each half with a circular button on the underside
4¼ in. (10.9 cm.) long
Literature
Fang Jing Pei, Symbols and Rebuses in Chinese Art, Berkeley/Toronto, 2004, p. 65.
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