China, 618-1125. The central oval plaque with a phoenix within a foliate reserve against a ring-punched ground. The two flanking rounded rectangular plaques each with a butterfly beside a similar reserve enclosing a dancing figure and flanked to the other side by two rosettes. The other plaques of rectangular form and similarly decorated with dancers and musicians within foliate reserves surrounded by rosettes and leaves, all within neatly incised borders. Provenance: Collection of Sidney Ogden-Smith, thence by descent within the same family to the present owner. Sidney Ogden-Smith (d. 1952) was a British army officer, serving as a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Corps of Signals during the Second World War, Chief Provost in North Africa, the Middle East, Port Said in Egypt, and Cyprus, and as one of Britain’s last mandate army officers in Palestine, also working for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East in Jerusalem before settling in Beirut, Lebanon. Condition: Excellent condition, commensurate with age. Old wear, minor dents, nicks, and losses. Soil encrustations. Weight: 92.5 g (total) Dimensions: Size 6.3 x 5.1 cm (the oval plaque), 6.2 x 4.3 cm and 6.5 x 4.5 cm (the rounded rectangular plaques), and ca. 5.3 x 4.5 (the rectangular plaques, each), all measurements from lug to lug 唐至遼代锤揲金帶飾，由十三部分組成 中國，618-1125年。中央主飾為橢圓形，中心如意形開光中可見鳳凰。 兩側分別還有六塊，其中五塊為長方形，最後一塊有一邊為弧形且可見蝴蝶紋。他們的中心都爲如意形開光可見一個跳舞的人像，四周為花卉紋。 來源：Sidney Ogden-Smith 收藏，保存在同一家族直至現任擁有者。Sidney Ogden-Smith （卒於 1952 年）是一名英國軍官，二戰期間擔任皇家信號兵團少尉以及北非、中東、埃及塞得港和塞浦路斯的首席教務長。作為英國在巴勒斯坦的最後一名授權軍官之一，在定居黎巴嫩貝魯特之前，他還在耶路撒冷的聯合國近東巴勒斯坦難民救濟和工程處工作。 品相：狀況極好，與年代相符，磨損、凹痕、刻痕以及缺損。土壤結殼。 重量：總92.5 克 尺寸：6.3 x 5.1 厘米 (橢圓形帶飾), 6.2 x 4.3 厘米 與 6.5 x 4.5 厘米 (最外側兩塊長方一面弧形的帶飾) 以及約 5.3 x 4.5 (長方形帶飾)，所有的尺寸都是左右耳到耳
China, 618-1125. The central oval plaque with a phoenix within a foliate reserve against a ring-punched ground. The two flanking rounded rectangular plaques each with a butterfly beside a similar reserve enclosing a dancing figure and flanked to the other side by two rosettes. The other plaques of rectangular form and similarly decorated with dancers and musicians within foliate reserves surrounded by rosettes and leaves, all within neatly incised borders. Provenance: Collection of Sidney Ogden-Smith, thence by descent within the same family to the present owner. Sidney Ogden-Smith (d. 1952) was a British army officer, serving as a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Corps of Signals during the Second World War, Chief Provost in North Africa, the Middle East, Port Said in Egypt, and Cyprus, and as one of Britain’s last mandate army officers in Palestine, also working for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East in Jerusalem before settling in Beirut, Lebanon. Condition: Excellent condition, commensurate with age. Old wear, minor dents, nicks, and losses. Soil encrustations. Weight: 92.5 g (total) Dimensions: Size 6.3 x 5.1 cm (the oval plaque), 6.2 x 4.3 cm and 6.5 x 4.5 cm (the rounded rectangular plaques), and ca. 5.3 x 4.5 (the rectangular plaques, each), all measurements from lug to lug 唐至遼代锤揲金帶飾，由十三部分組成 中國，618-1125年。中央主飾為橢圓形，中心如意形開光中可見鳳凰。 兩側分別還有六塊，其中五塊為長方形，最後一塊有一邊為弧形且可見蝴蝶紋。他們的中心都爲如意形開光可見一個跳舞的人像，四周為花卉紋。 來源：Sidney Ogden-Smith 收藏，保存在同一家族直至現任擁有者。Sidney Ogden-Smith （卒於 1952 年）是一名英國軍官，二戰期間擔任皇家信號兵團少尉以及北非、中東、埃及塞得港和塞浦路斯的首席教務長。作為英國在巴勒斯坦的最後一名授權軍官之一，在定居黎巴嫩貝魯特之前，他還在耶路撒冷的聯合國近東巴勒斯坦難民救濟和工程處工作。 品相：狀況極好，與年代相符，磨損、凹痕、刻痕以及缺損。土壤結殼。 重量：總92.5 克 尺寸：6.3 x 5.1 厘米 (橢圓形帶飾), 6.2 x 4.3 厘米 與 6.5 x 4.5 厘米 (最外側兩塊長方一面弧形的帶飾) 以及約 5.3 x 4.5 (長方形帶飾)，所有的尺寸都是左右耳到耳
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