Caption

Belt clasp, purchase provenance; Chinese; dragons iconography; Qing 1644–1911; clothing; belts; men's clothing; costumes; ornaments; men's ornaments; lizards zool.; buckles. Shaft: lizard-dragon chilong. Rock crystal with inclusions; full-plastic carved head; shank: deep relief, openwork, engraving. 17th–19th century, China. Belt buckle. Height 2.0 cm; width 9.8 cm; depth 2.0 cm., A transparent glass or clear plastic decorative object rests on a smooth light gray surface against a gradient gray background, showing a curved elongated base with an upward-arching sculpted end and a series of raised, rounded forms along its top; the object casts soft pale gray shadows and displays reflections and highlights in clear, colorless tones.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A27_100

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (849.7Kb) / 20.0in x 15.0in / 6000 x 4500 (300dpi)

Keywords

Belt clasp purchase provenance Chinese dragons iconography Qing 1644–1911 clothing belts men's clothing costumes ornaments men's ornaments lizards zool buckles Shaft lizard-dragon chilong Rock crystal inclusions full-plastic carved head shank deep relief openwork engraving 17th–19th century China Belt buckle Height 2.0 cm width 9.8 cm depth 2.0 cm transparent glass clear plastic decorative object rests smooth light gray surface gradient gray background showing curved elongated base upward-arching sculpted series raised rounded forms top object casts soft pale gray shadows displays reflections highlights clear colorless tones.