Caption

Belt clasp, Chinese, Chinese art, cicadas, lizards, Qing 1644–1911. Stem: stylized cicada with a geometric meander motif. Milky-white jadeite, slightly translucent visible clusters of colloids. Head carved in full relief; flat relief. 17th–18th century, China. Belt buckle. Height 1.8 cm; width 8.0 cm; depth 2.1 cm., A smooth pale off-white carved object shaped like a stylized animal with a curved neck and rounded head sits on a flat surface, casting a soft shadow; the body is elongated and slightly raised with subtle carved geometric and spiral patterns visible on its back; the scene shows a gradient background transitioning from darker gray at the top to very light gray near the surface, and the visible colors are off-white, pale cream, gray, and shadowed tones of blackish gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A26_401

License type

Rights managed

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77.2Mb (267.2Kb) / 20.0in x 15.0in / 6000 x 4500 (300dpi)

Keywords

Belt clasp Chinese Chinese art cicadas lizards Qing 1644–1911 Stem stylized cicada geometric meander motif Milky-white jadeite slightly translucent visible clusters colloids Head carved full relief flat relief 17th–18th century China Belt buckle Height 1.8 cm width 8.0 cm depth 2.1 cm smooth pale off-white carved object shaped stylized animal curved neck rounded head sits flat surface casting soft shadow body elongated slightly raised subtle geometric spiral patterns visible back scene gradient background transitioning darker gray top light gray near surface visible colors off-white pale cream gray shadowed tones blackish gray.