A fine Chinese white jade belthook possibly Yuan or Ming dynasty

A fine Chinese white jade belthook possibly Yuan or Ming dynasty, the terminal carved as a goose's head, the curved shaft undecorated and with a slight turn-up to the tail, the stone with a few paler markings, 13cm.

Cf. J Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, pp.345-6 for related examples.

Provenance: The property of a lady. Purchased in Beijing between 1959-62.

元/明（可能）  白玉雕臥鵝形帶鈎