Caption

Belt clasp, purchase provenance; materials and form: belt clasp/belt buckle depicting lizards and dragon iconography; culture: Chinese, Qing dynasty 1644–1911, 19th century, China; dimensions: height 6.5 cm, width 1.8 cm., A small carved object rests on a flat surface, shaped with flowing, curved forms and rounded protrusions. The object appears smooth and translucent with areas of warmer, rusty brown and cream tones blending into pale white and light gray. Its silhouette suggests an elongated body with a thicker rounded section toward one end and a curled, sculpted detail at the other. The surface shows subtle variations in opacity and mottled patches of color, and a soft shadow falls beneath it on the white-gray background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A30_225

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (335.7Kb) / 20.0in x 15.0in / 6000 x 4500 (300dpi)

Keywords

Belt clasp purchase provenance materials form belt clasp belt buckle depicting lizards dragon iconography culture Chinese Qing dynasty 1644–1911 19th century China dimensions height 6.5 cm width 1.8 cm small carved object rests flat surface shaped flowing curved forms rounded protrusions object smooth translucent areas warmer rusty brown cream tones blending pale white light gray silhouette elongated body thicker rounded section curled sculpted detail surface subtle variations opacity mottled patches color soft shadow falls beneath white-gray background.