Belt clasp, lizards, Chinese, Chinese art, Qing 1644–1911, dragon motif, 19th century, China, decoration; height 6.2 cm, width 1.4 cm., A carved stone object rests on a smooth surface, showing a long, slightly curved form with a rounded end and a sculpted open section at the other end; the carving displays a mix of pale white and warm brown-orange tones with translucent areas, and subtle carved lines and shallow relief creating textured patterns; soft shadows fall beneath the object and the background is a gradient of light gray to off-white.
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Belt clasp, lizards, Chinese, Chinese art, Qing 1644–1911, dragon motif, 19th century, China, decoration; height 6.2 cm, width 1.4 cm., A carved stone object rests on a smooth surface, showing a long, slightly curved form with a rounded end and a sculpted open section at the other end; the carving displays a mix of pale white and warm brown-orange tones with translucent areas, and subtle carved lines and shallow relief creating textured patterns; soft shadows fall beneath the object and the background is a gradient of light gray to off-white.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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Belt clasp lizards Chinese Chinese art Qing 1644–1911 dragon motif 19th century China decoration height 6.2 cm width 1.4 cm carved stone object rests smooth surface showing long slightly curved form rounded sculpted open section carving displays mix pale white warm brown-orange tones translucent areas subtle carved lines shallow relief creating textured patterns soft shadows fall beneath object background gradient light gray off-white.

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