A PALE CELADON JADE-INLAID GILT-METAL BELT BUCKLE QING DYNASTY, 18TH/19TH CENTURY | 清十八/十九世紀 鎏金銅嵌玉龍紋帶扣

A PALE CELADON JADE-INLAID GILT-METAL BELT BUCKLE

QING DYNASTY, 18TH/19TH CENTURY

清十八/十九世紀 鎏金銅嵌玉龍紋帶扣

formed with two jade plaques each decorated with a flowerhead borne on leafy stem, mounted on gilt-bronze fittings, one half of the buckle terminating in a dragon-head hook, the other with an accommodating rounded aperture

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Length 12.3 cm, 4⅞ in.