A carved jade belt hook
A carved jade belt hook
Qing dynasty
The hook deeply undercut as a horned dragon head with a drilled jawline facing a young dragon with raised scales on its backbone and line-incised mane standing in high relief on the curving handle reversed by a circular button; the subtly polished matrix of very pale gray-green hue marked with cloudy white inclusions.
3in (7.6cm) long
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A carved jade belt hook
Qing dynasty
The hook deeply undercut as a horned dragon head with a drilled jawline facing a young dragon with raised scales on its backbone and line-incised mane standing in high relief on the curving handle reversed by a circular button; the subtly polished matrix of very pale gray-green hue marked with cloudy white inclusions.
3in (7.6cm) long
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