£2,500
19th century Chinese silver and gold buckle, the body of the buckle in silver, decorated with dragons, fruiting vines and fish in relief, with applied gold decoration in the form of a dragon, marked 'From the Emperors Palace, Capt John Hart Dunne, Oct 1860' to the reverse, with pricked indistinct Chinese character marks to both the front and back, 5.5cm x 5.5cm, with accompanying ephemera and photograph noting the Summer Palace
Provenance: By repute, via a deceased descendant (Rosemary Hart Dunne) from a property near Chipping Norton.
Note: John Hart Dunne was an old Scots Fusilier. He took part in the Crimea and was present with his regiment at the Battle of the Alma. Dunne also saw service in the North China War in 1860, in which he served with the 99th Regiment (now the 2nd Wiltshire) and took part in several engagements including the assault and capture of the Taku forts, the looting of the Summer Palace and the final surrender of Peking. For the China war, he held the China medal with two clasps.
The buckle weighs 38.7g. Plenty of images on the lot description.
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