Caption

Belt clasp;, Milky-white, slightly translucent jadeite with slight colloid clusters. Carved and engraved; 18th–19th century Qing dynasty, China. Head shaped as a two-horned dragon’s head with an open mouth; handle features a lizard. Dragons, lizards iconography/zoology. Belt buckle. Height 2.1 cm; width 12.8 cm; depth 2.2 cm., A pale, translucent carved object rests horizontally on a smooth surface, showing a curved, elongated form with flowing, scroll-like raised details and rounded protrusions; the object appears to be a single pale greenish-white color with subtle variations, and it casts soft gray shadows on the light gray surface beneath, while the background transitions from light gray near the object to darker gray toward the top.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A26_420

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (283.2Kb) / 20.0in x 15.0in / 6000 x 4499 (300dpi)

Keywords

Belt clasp Milky-white slightly translucent jadeite slight colloid clusters Carved engraved 18th–19th century Qing dynasty China Head shaped two-horned dragon’s head open mouth handle features lizard Dragons lizards iconography zoology Belt buckle Height 2.1 cm width 12.8 cm depth 2.2 cm pale carved object rests horizontally smooth surface showing curved elongated form flowing scroll- raised details rounded protrusions object single pale greenish-white color subtle variations casts soft gray shadows light gray surface beneath background transitions light gray near darker gray top.