Caption

Belt clasp, Chinese, Chinese art; dragons iconography; Qing 1644–1911; men's clothing ornament belt; shaft: two fighting lizard-dragons; full-sculpture carved head; openwork shank; 19th century, China; height 3.0 cm, width 12.8 cm, depth 2.8 cm., A carved wooden object rests horizontally on a light gray surface against a pale gray background, showing a dark brown color with visible carved patterns and textures; the carving features a stylized animal head at one end with textured scales and small protruding ears, a twisted or knotted central section with interlaced carved elements, and flowing, curved motifs along the body that resemble leaves or waves, all rendered in varying shades of brown with subtle highlights and darker recesses.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A27_110

License type

Rights managed

Available size

70.5Mb (795.5Kb) / 20.0in x 13.7in / 6000 x 4107 (300dpi)

Keywords

Belt clasp Chinese Chinese art dragons iconography Qing 1644–1911 men's clothing ornament belt shaft two fighting lizard-dragons full-sculpture carved head openwork shank 19th century China height 3.0 cm width 12.8 cm depth 2.8 cm carved wooden object rests horizontally light gray surface pale gray background showing dark brown color visible patterns textures carving features stylized animal head textured scales small protruding ears twisted knotted central section interlaced elements flowing curved motifs body resemble leaves waves rendered varying shades brown subtle highlights darker recesses.