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A WHITE JADE ‘CHILONG’ BELT 清十八世紀 白玉透雕螭龍靈芝紋帶鉤
BUCKLE
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
the translucent white stone skilfully worked with
the hook rendered in the form of an archaistic
chilong facing a clambering chilong, the latter
rendered in openwork on the arched body of
the buckle and portrayed grasping in its jaws a
meandering lingzhi scroll extending across its
sinuous body, the other section of the buckle with
an oval aperture and similarly decorated with a
clambering chilong, the underside of each section
with a circular knob
11.1 cm, 4⅜ in.
HK$ 80,000-120,000
US$ 10,200-15,300
