A ‘CHILONG’ JADE WEIGHT, EMBELLISHED WITH A GILT-BRONZE ‘DRAGON’ PLAQUE, HAN DYNASTYChina, 2nd century BC - 2nd century AD. The jade carved around the sides with two writhing chilong and a bear clutching their tails. The top fitted with an openwork bronze roundel in form of a sinuously coiled dragon. The translucent stone of a pale creamy-white color with veins and shadings of lavender-gray, white, and brown.Provenance: La Balaustra Antichita, Bologna, Italy. Paolo Bertuzzi, acquired from the above in 1999. A copy of the original certificate from La Balaustra Antichita, dated 5 April 1999, written and signed by Giuliana Zanetti, describing the piece as a jade group of mythical beasts with a gilt bronze fitting in form of a dragon, dating from the Han dynasty, 2nd century AD, apanies this lot. Paolo Bertuzzi (1943-2022) was a fashion stylist from Bologna, Italy. He was the son of Enrichetta Bertuzzi, founder of Hettabretz, a noted Italian fashionpany with customers such as the Rothschild family, Audrey Hepburn, and Elizabeth Taylor. Paolo Bertuzzi later took over his mother’s business and designed exclusive pieces, some of which were exhibited in the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum in New York, USA. He was also an avid collector of antiques for more than 60 years. His collection includes both archaic and contemporary art, and he edited two important books about Asian art, Goa Made - An Archaeological Discovery, about a large-scale archaeological project carried out with the Italian and Indonesian governments, and Majapahit, Masterpieces from a Forgotten Kingdom.Condition: Good condition with minor wear, the bronze fitting with small cracks, losses, remnants of gilt, and a fine naturally grown patina with malachite encrustations overall. The jade with wear, few small nicks, minuscule losses, iron sediments, remnants of old adhesive, and natural fissures, some of which may have developed into thin hairline cracks. The jade and the bronze possibly associated.Weight: 209.4 gDimensions: Length 7.7 cm漢代玉螭龍鎮紙，裝飾鎏金銅龍紋牌中國，公元前二世紀至公元二世紀。玉石四周雕刻著兩條螭龍和一隻抱住尾巴的熊。鎮紙頂部鑲嵌著鏤空龍紋銅牌。白色的半透明玉石，帶有淡紫色灰色、白色和棕色的紋理和陰影。