Caption

Belt clasp, Chinese, dragons iconography, dragon with pearl, Qing 1644–1911. Head in the shape of a two-horned dragon's head with an open mouth; stem - a dragon playing with a flaming pearl. Dark milky jadeite, translucent with inclusions dirty green. Head and stem carved in full relief. 19th century, China. Belt buckle; height 3.1 cm, width 11.6 cm, depth 2.3 cm., A pale, translucent carved object rests on a smooth surface, appearing to be made of a light greenish-white material; the carving features rounded, bulbous forms and a stylized head with curved ears and a textured mane at one end, a spherical element near the middle, and a tapered, ridged tail-like end at the opposite side. The object casts a soft shadow on the surface beneath it. The background transitions from a darker gray at the top to a lighter gray toward the bottom, and the surface under the object is off-white.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A26_498

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (305.2Kb) / 20.0in x 15.0in / 6000 x 4499 (300dpi)

Keywords

Belt clasp Chinese dragons iconography dragon pearl Qing 1644–1911 Head shape two-horned dragon's head open mouth stem - dragon playing flaming pearl Dark milky jadeite translucent inclusions dirty green stem carved full relief 19th century China Belt buckle height 3.1 cm width 11.6 cm depth 2.3 cm pale carved object rests smooth surface appearing light greenish-white material carving features rounded bulbous forms stylized head curved ears textured mane spherical element near middle tapered ridged tail- opposite side object casts soft shadow surface beneath background transitions darker gray top lighter gray bottom surface under object off-white.