6th Mar, 2021 10:00

TWO-DAY AUCTION - Fine Chinese Art / 中國藝術集珍 / Buddhism & Hinduism

 
Lot 422
 

422

A GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE AND JADE ‘CHILONG’ BELT HOOK, WARRING STATES
戰國錯金銀青銅鑲玉螭龍帶鈎

Sold for €56,880

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Lot details

China, 4th-3rd century BC. The entire front of the arched belt hook is inlaid in gold and silver with an intricate geometric design, the shaft with four square jade plaques carved in relief with comma spirals (guwen, ‘grain patterns’), the underside with a circular button showing two phoenixes.

Provenance: From the private collection of Professor Filippo Salviati, Rome, Italy. A professor of archeology and art history at the Italian Institute of Oriental Studies at the Sapienza University of Rome, Prof. Salviati has researched and published extensively on Chinese archaic art.
Condition: Superb condition with old wear, light scratches, few minuscule nicks, natural malachite-green encrustations, small losses and areas of erosion, all commensurate with age and exactly as expected on this type of ancient bronze.

Weight: 466.4 g
Dimensions: Length 24.5 cm

Auction result comparison: Compare with a related belt hook, of smaller size and inlaid with gold and turquoises, at Christie’s New York in Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art on 25 September 2020, lot 1529, sold for USD 100,000.

戰國錯金銀青銅鑲玉螭龍帶鈎中國
公元前四至三世紀。弧形帶鉤的整個正面均錯金銀復雜的幾何圖案,另鑲嵌四個渦紋方形玉飾牌,刻有谷纹,底面帶有圓形按鈕,顯示兩只鳳凰。

來源:意大利羅馬Filippo Salviati教授私人收藏。Filippo Salviati教授是羅馬大學東亞研究所考古系及藝術史系教授。Salviati教授對中國古代藝術進行了廣泛研究並出版了很多專著。
品相:狀況極佳,舊時磨損,輕度划痕,極少的微小刻痕,天然的孔雀石綠結殼,損耗和受腐蝕的區域較小,這些都與年齡相稱。

重量:466.4 克
尺寸:長24.5 厘米

拍賣結果比較:一件相近帶鈎,尺寸稍小,鑲嵌金與綠松石,見紐約佳士得Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art 拍場2020年9月25日lot 1529, 售價USD 100,000.

 

China, 4th-3rd century BC. The entire front of the arched belt hook is inlaid in gold and silver with an intricate geometric design, the shaft with four square jade plaques carved in relief with comma spirals (guwen, ‘grain patterns’), the underside with a circular button showing two phoenixes.

Provenance: From the private collection of Professor Filippo Salviati, Rome, Italy. A professor of archeology and art history at the Italian Institute of Oriental Studies at the Sapienza University of Rome, Prof. Salviati has researched and published extensively on Chinese archaic art.
Condition: Superb condition with old wear, light scratches, few minuscule nicks, natural malachite-green encrustations, small losses and areas of erosion, all commensurate with age and exactly as expected on this type of ancient bronze.

Weight: 466.4 g
Dimensions: Length 24.5 cm

Auction result comparison: Compare with a related belt hook, of smaller size and inlaid with gold and turquoises, at Christie’s New York in Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art on 25 September 2020, lot 1529, sold for USD 100,000.

戰國錯金銀青銅鑲玉螭龍帶鈎中國
公元前四至三世紀。弧形帶鉤的整個正面均錯金銀復雜的幾何圖案,另鑲嵌四個渦紋方形玉飾牌,刻有谷纹,底面帶有圓形按鈕,顯示兩只鳳凰。

來源:意大利羅馬Filippo Salviati教授私人收藏。Filippo Salviati教授是羅馬大學東亞研究所考古系及藝術史系教授。Salviati教授對中國古代藝術進行了廣泛研究並出版了很多專著。
品相:狀況極佳,舊時磨損,輕度划痕,極少的微小刻痕,天然的孔雀石綠結殼,損耗和受腐蝕的區域較小,這些都與年齡相稱。

重量:466.4 克
尺寸:長24.5 厘米

拍賣結果比較:一件相近帶鈎,尺寸稍小,鑲嵌金與綠松石,見紐約佳士得Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art 拍場2020年9月25日lot 1529, 售價USD 100,000.

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