A Chinese pale celadon jade belt plaque, reticulated and finely carved with a writhing scaly dragon amidst ruyi fungus, Ming dynasty 15th/16th century, 9.5cm.
Cf. Littleton and Hennessy, The Imperial Studio, November 2009, no.18, For a similar plaque inset in a Zitan stand and also Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, p327 fig.8 for another example.
