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THBThree 18th C. Chinese Nephrite Jade Garment Hooks
Lot 85
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Louisville, CO 80027
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Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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East Asia, China, Qing Dynasty, ca. 18th to 19th century CE. A gorgeous trio of garment or belt hooks, all meticulously hand-carved from white nephrite jade in the form of beautiful, openwork dragon designs. The largest presents a young qiulong or dragon on the body of the hook facing a larger dragon head with a button for attachment on the reverse. The juvenile dragon facing the larger dragon is illustrative of the saying "canglong jiaozi" or "the old dragon teaching its young," expressing the wish that the elder generation may pass down office to the younger generation. In addition to the "canglong jiaozi" type, belt hook variants may be found with goose-head hooks, inspired by the belt hooks of the Warring States period, and horse-head hooks. The 2 more petite examples feature lone bearded dragons with meandering bodies and sinuous limbs. For attachment, there is a button on the verso of one and a loop on the other. Size: 4.25" L x 1" W x 1" H (10.8 cm x 2.5 cm x 2.5 cm)
First appearing in the 5th century BCE, hooks like these were used to secure leather belts for warriors. They eventually became status symbols and rank insignia for the privileged class in the following centuries. By the time of the Qing dynasty, they lost their practical function and were used instead to decorate desktops in scholarly studios.
Chinese art has incorporated jade since the Neolithic period; quarries for nephrite, the formal name for one type of jade, have been found in modern-day southern Mongolia that date to ca. 4000 BCE. The stone was prized for its hardness, its beautiful coloration, and its durability. By the third millennium BCE, we know that jade had also come to be associated with immortality. Despite its hardness - a testament to the craftsmanship of early Chinese artisans - jade was used to make everything from everyday household objects and decoration to the ceremonial suits in which emperors were buried – with the belief that jade would preserve the body and the soul for eternity.
Cf. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 02.18.374.
A pair of similar white jade belt hooks hammered for 18,750 British pounds (at the time equivalent to $30,888.75) at Christie's London on May 14th, 2014 ("Chinese Ceramics, Works of Art and Textiles," Live Auction 5291, lot 891).
Provenance: private Arlington, Texas, USA collection, acquired mid to late-1960s
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#178076A few very light scratches on versos, but otherwise, intact and excellent with impressive preservation of detail.Condition
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