A RARE PAIR OF EUROPEAN ENAMEL-INSET GILT-BRONZE BELT SLIDES

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Lot 865 | A RARE PAIR OF EUROPEAN ENAMEL-INSET GILT-BRONZE BELT SLIDES
A RARE PAIR OF EUROPEAN ENAMEL-INSET GILT-BRONZE BELT SLIDES

18TH CENTURY

Each belt slide is comprised of two interlocked parts, with the upper oval section cast with a key-fret border encircling an enameled scene of an European lady and a gentleman in a landscape, and the reverse with two rectangular vertical loops. The lower section with oval aperture is cast with a monster mask and swirling clouds.

3 in. (7.6 cm.) high





Literature

M. G. Hamburger and L. Salter, “Function, Fashion and Status: Qing Dynasty Belt Ornaments,” Orientations, May 2006, p. 64, fig. 7b.

Fang Jing Pei et al., Elegance of the Qing Court: Reflections of a Dynasty Through Its Art, 2008, p. 65, no. 203.





Exhibited

Omaha, Nebraska, Joslyn Art Museum, Elegance of the Qing Court: Reflections of a Dynasty Through Its Art, 1 March-6 June 2008.

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