Caption

Belt clasp, purchased provenance, Chinese, dragons iconography, Qing 1644–1911, clothing, belts, men's clothing, costumes, ornaments, men's ornaments, buckles, spinach jade, uniformly colored, full-plastic carved head, engraving, bas-relief, 18th–19th century, China, belt buckle; height 3.5 cm, width 9.5 cm, depth 3.1 cm., A smooth carved object made of dark green stone with lighter green and brown mottling sits on a white surface against a gray gradient background; the carving features a curved, elongated body that rises into a rounded head with subtle carved facial and decorative details, and a small rounded base piece partially visible beneath the larger form, casting soft shadows on the surface.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A26_471

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (454.7Kb) / 20.0in x 15.0in / 6000 x 4500 (300dpi)

Keywords

Belt clasp purchased provenance Chinese dragons iconography Qing 1644–1911 clothing belts men's clothing costumes ornaments men's ornaments buckles spinach jade uniformly colored full-plastic carved head engraving bas-relief 18th–19th century China belt buckle height 3.5 cm width 9.5 cm depth 3.1 cm smooth object dark green stone lighter green brown mottling sits white surface gray gradient background carving features curved elongated body rises rounded head subtle facial decorative details small rounded base piece partially visible beneath larger form casting soft shadows surface.