Antique Chinese Carved Archaic Style White Jade Calcified Garment/Belt Hook With Ribbed Design. Finely Carved With Sharp Detail And A Soft Polish And Patina. Approximately 4 1/8" Long x 1/2" Wide. Warring States. Old Repair.
For Two Similar Examples See: Chinese Archaic Jades, C.T. Loo, 1950, Plate LVII, #1 and #3 Listed As Eastern Chou.
For Another Similar Example: Ancient Chinese Jades From The Buffalo Museum Of Science - The China Institute In America April 3 through June 15, 1975. Item 97. Dated As Eastern Chou.
For Another Similar Example See:
Early Chinese Jades, Una Pope-Hennessy, 1923, Plate XXIX, Fig. 3, Listed As Probably Chou.
For Another Similar Example:
Sotheby's Hong Kong - December 3, 2021 - Chinese Art Online: A Private Asian Collection - Lot #848:
DESCRIPTION
An archaic jade 'dragon' belthook
Warring States period or later
戰國或更後 玉帶鉤 17 cm
PROVENANCE
A Taiwanese private collection.
台灣私人收藏
Estimate: 80,000 - 100,000 HKD
Lot sold: 113,400HKD - 14,546.71USD
For Another Similar Example:
Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art
ACCESSION NUMBER S1987.688
Garment hook with ribs
Dated: Warring States period, Eastern Zhou or Western Han dynasty, 475 BCE-9 CE
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