A CELADON JADE BELT HOOK QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

the S-shaped shaft carved in high relief with a sinuous chilong and terminating in a ferocious dragon head, the stone of pale celadon-green tone (loss to end)

The hook has loss to approximately a 1cm., section of the bifurcated tail on the high relief chilong, a shallow chip to the chilong's shoulder blade, and the base of the hook has been polished sqaure.
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