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

the translucent white stone skilfully worked with the hook rendered in the form of an archaistic chilong facing a clambering chilong, the latter rendered in openwork on the arched body of the buckle and portrayed grasping in its jaws a meandering lingzhi scroll extending across its sinuous body, the other section of the buckle with an oval aperture and similarly decorated with a clambering chilong, the underside of each section with a circular knob