CHINESE CELADON AND RUSSET JADE TRIPOD ANIMAL HEAD BRUSH WASHER AND BELT BUCKLE,Qing Dynasty.- Larger: 3 1/4 in. long. Estimate $500-700
PROVENANCE: Estate of Thomas Eliot Weil, Washington DC, American Consul in Chong Qing in the 1930s-1940s. Vice-Consul at Canton, 1937-1938. Third Secretary of Embassy at Nanking 1938-1941, Vice-Consul at Shanghai 1941, in Japanese custody seven months.
The belt buckle has a small chip on the side (see photo), the other piece is in good condition.
