£3,250
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art | 658
Auction: 5 November 2021 at 10:00 GMT
遼至元 青玉雕魚塘荷花'春水紋'橢圓形帶扣
carved in openwork on a domed surface with a large carp swimming in a lotus pond, the stone of even green tone
Provenance: Private English collection
Note: a comparable oval jade belt hook, carved in openwork with a crane flying above a lotus pond, was excavated from the tomb of a Yuan-dynasty General Qian Yu in 1960, and is currently in the collection of the Wuxi Museum, Jiangsu Province