清十八世紀 白玉雄鷹帶鉤

finely carved in the form of an archaistic bird of prey with its head tucked between its folded wings, its beak forming the hook and its feathers detailed with archaistic motifs, the underside carved with a floral knob, the smoothly polished stone with patches of russet skin

The belt hook is in overall very good condition.  The is a tiny nick along the edge of the the shaft on the underside which appear to be original to the carving. There is some mild surface pitting. The actual colour is consistent with the catalogue illustration.
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參考一相類例，Warren E. Cox收藏，曾兩售紐約蘇富比1964年8月10日，編號53及2007年3月19日，編號37。亦見一例，售香港蘇富比1985年11月19日，編號110。另見一例，售倫敦蘇富比1983年4月15日，編號129。再見一例，售紐約蘇富比1981年6月24日，編號143。另可參考一宋代作例，藏台北國立故宮博物院，展《敬天格物·中國歷代玉器導讀》，台北，2011年，編號6-2-4。