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    Straits Chinese Gilded Silver Repoussed Belt Buckle

    Straits Settlements
    late 19th-early 20th century

    length: 11cm, width: 8.6cm

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    Provenance

    UK art market

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    This repoussed silver buckle of scalloped ogival form is decorated a central deer figure, Daoist symbols, fish and peony flowers.

    It was made for a Straits Chinese orbaba-nonya (peranakan) client, probably for use in conjunction with a wedding.

    The Straits Chinese were the localised Chinese of Malacca, Penang and Singapore.

    There is no maker’s mark, although it would have been made locally. The reverse is fitted with a thick, gilded silver belt hook.

    There are no losses or dents. It has not been over-cleaned and so there remains some tarnishing.

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