A WHITE JADE 'MYTHICAL BEAST' BELT BUCKLE QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY |

one half of the buckle terminating in a mythical beast head forming the hook, the other with an accommodating rounded aperture, each section of the buckle decorated in low relief as a mythical beast mask with features accentuated with ruyi motifs and a pair of thick rope-twist eyebrows, the stone of an even white colour with light russet inclusions to one half