Two pale green jade 'dragon' belt-hooks
18th/19th centuryThe arched shaft elaborately carved in openwork and high relief with a writhing chilong clasping a lingzhi stem in its mouth, clambering towards the dragon-head terminal, the underside with a five-petalled bloom, the lustrous stone of a greenish-white tone; the smaller one carved with a dragon head forming the hook, the broad arched shaft decorated with geometric pattern. The larger 11.7cm (4 1/2in) long. (2).
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十八/十九世紀 青白玉雕龍首帶鉤 一組兩件Provenance:A Swedish private collection, acquired in the 1960s (larger belt hook)The collection of L.E. Fernandes (1897-1988) (smaller belt hook)Marchant, London來源:瑞典私人舊藏,購於1960年代(較大的帶鉤)L.E. Fernandes (1897-1988)舊藏(較小的帶鉤)倫敦Marchant皆青白玉質,雕龍首,風格頗類,寬唇,蒜鼻,鼓目,葉眉,雙角後伏。一件鉤肚鏤空浮雕幼龍攀附其上,口銜芝草,頭髮後披,尾分兩叉,捲成如意,背面帶扣則淺浮雕梅花一朵,花蕊經脈宛然如生。另一件鉤肚則寬平,其上浮雕淺刻仿古竊曲紋。