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

the hook of the buckle worked in the form of a chilong's head facing an openwork clambering chilong grasping in its mouth a curling lingzhi stem extending across the lobed curved shaft, the other section of the buckle of corresponding lobed form and decorated with a clambering chilong and a meandering lingzhi stem, the underside of each section with a circular knob rendered in low relief with a further chilong, the stone of an even white colour