A good Chinese white jade belthook 18th/early 19th century
Estimate £3,000 - £5,000
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Description
A good Chinese white jade belthook 18th/early 19th century, crisply carved with a single horned chilong dragon upon the shaft confronting a dragon's head, the sides with key fret, the underside with a floral roundel, 11cm.
Cf. Ming Wilson, Chinese Jades, p.32, no.28 for a similar example in the Victoria and Albert Museum.
