A FINE CHINESE APPLE-GREEN JADEITE 'DRAGON' BELTHOOK

£6,000 - £8,000 £16,380

A FINE CHINESE APPLE-GREEN JADEITE 'DRAGON' BELTHOOK
QIANLONG 1736-95

The terminal carved in the form of a dragon-head with bulging eyes and baring teeth, the shaft carved in openwork with a clambering chilong grasping a sprig of lingzhi between its jaws, the stone with a bright apple-green layer above a mottled underside, 9.3cm.

Together with a gemmological report from the Gem and Pearl Laboratory, London dated 24th January 2017 stating 'No evidence of treatment was observed'.

Provenance: from a European private collection.

For comparable examples of apple-green jadeite belthooks of this type from the Qing dynasty, see the pair in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Qing Court: Treasures of Imperial Court, pl.92. Refer also to National Palace Museum, Royal Style: Qing Dynasty and Western Court Jewelery, p.181, no.1-3-31 for another similar example in the Shenyang Palace Museum from the 18th/19th century.

清乾隆翡翠雕蒼龍教子帶鉤
來源：歐洲私人收藏。