A PALE CELADON JADE BELT BUCKLE QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY

comprising two elements forming the buckle, each carved in openwork with a sinuous chilong, one half of the buckle terminating in a dragon-head hook, the other with an aperture, the reverse of each with a circular knob detailed with a flowerhead, the stone of an even pale celadon jade color; together with a pale celadon jade archer's ring, Qing Dynasty, 19th century (3)

Acquired in China in the 1940s.