Caption

Belt clasp. Handle: stylized lizard-dragon qilong. Milky-white jadeite. Full-plastic carved head, full-plastic openwork handle. 18th–19th century, China. Belt buckle. Height 2.8 cm, width 12.0 cm, depth 2.9 cm. Subjects/themes: Chinese art; Qing 1644–1911; men's clothing, ornaments; lizards, dragons., A pale stone carving lies horizontally on a light surface, showing a sculpted form with flowing, curled shapes resembling stylized waves or tendrils on one end and a rounded, bud-like element on the other; the stone is mostly off-white with subtle gray veining and small darker specks, and there are faint shadows beneath the object with a gentle gradient background shifting from light gray at the bottom to darker gray toward the top.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A26_459

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (463.0Kb) / 20.0in x 15.0in / 6000 x 4499 (300dpi)

Keywords

Belt clasp Handle stylized lizard-dragon qilong Milky-white jadeite Full-plastic carved head full-plastic openwork handle 18th–19th century China Belt buckle Height 2.8 cm width 12.0 cm depth 2.9 cm Subjects themes Chinese art Qing 1644–1911 men's clothing ornaments lizards dragons pale stone carving lies horizontally light surface showing sculpted form flowing curled shapes resembling waves tendrils rounded bud- element stone mostly off-white subtle gray veining small darker specks faint shadows beneath object gentle gradient background shifting light gray bottom darker gray top.