9 septembre 2013
Jade 'chilong' belt hooks & belt buckles, Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century
Two jade 'chilong' belt hooks, Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century. Photo Sotheby's one of mottled emerald-green jadeite, the other of carnelian jade, both similarly carved, each with a dragon-head terminal and an undercut chilong crawling up the stem, grasping...