清乾隆 白玉三陽開泰帶鉤

finely carved with the head of a ram forming the hook and two small recumbent calves breathing forth swirls of vapour issuing a 'yin yang' medallion on the arched shaft, the smoothly polished stone of an even white colour with a tiny patch of russet skin

The belts hook is in very good overall condition. There is a tiny minute nick to the edge of the hook on the underside and a small natural inclusion on the edge by the bottom end.
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本品帶鉤，雕工精熟，玉材溫潤，屬不為多見之品。可參考一例，藏北京故宮博物院，錄 《故宮博物院藏品大系·玉器編》，卷9，北京，2011年，圖版207。另可比一白玉馬上封侯帶鉤例，展《Chinese Jades from Han to Ch’ing》，Asia House Gallery，紐約，1980年，圖版189。亦見一例，售香港蘇富比2010年10月8日，編號2855。

三陽開泰，古之大吉。為三陽者，曰早陽、正陽、晚陽；泰者，取卦名，《易經》謂之為吉，意天地交而萬物通也。羊者，音從於陽，故得三羊紋飾，尤盛於清，意表祥瑞，喜和吉慶。