A PALE CELADON JADE 'CICADA' BELT HOOK QING DYNASTY, 18TH/19TH CENTURY | 清十八/十九世紀 青白玉螳螂捕蟬紋帶鉤

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A PALE CELADON JADE 'CICADA' BELT HOOK

QING DYNASTY, 18TH/19TH CENTURY

清十八/十九世紀 青白玉螳螂捕蟬紋帶鉤

with the head of a praying mantis forming the hook and a cicada on the shaft; together with a white jade snuff bottle carved as a recumbent Buddhist lion, with a jadeite frog-form stopper, late Qing dynasty/Republican period

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Length 5.9 and 5.1 cm, 2⅜ and 2 in.