Two Jade Belthooks 17th / 18th Century

comprising: a jade belt hook with two elements forming the buckle, each carved in openwork with a stylised sinuous chilong, the reverse of each with a circular knob for attachment, the hook in the form of an archaistic truncated dragon head, the stone of a pale celadon tone mottled with black and russet inclusions, wood stand; and a pale celadon jade belt hook with a chilong along the shaft confronting a dragon head terminal, the reverse with a circular knob

See a closely related example comprising two similar belt hooks from the Estate of Dr. and Mrs. Richard Eckhardt, sold in our New York rooms, 12th September 2012, lot 383.