A WHITE JADE BELT HOOK AND TWO WHITE JADE BELT BUCKLES QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

the belt hook with a bird-head terminus with incised facial features, the shaft carved with geometric forms, the stone an even white; the buckles each carved in high relief with coiled chilong clasping lingzhi in their mouths, one half of each buckle terminating in a dragon-head hook, one buckle of even white color, the other with a faint celadon hue (5)

The belt hook in overall good condition with only a 2-mm nick to the back. The whiter buckle in overall good condition. The buckle of faint celadon hue in overall good condition but with a few shallow nicks to the high relief areas (as expected), and a shallow fissure to the dragon-head hook (approx. 6 mm).
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