18TH CENTURY
清十八世紀 白玉透雕螭龍紋帶鉤
the stone of an even colored white tone, carved with a horned dragon forming the hook, detailed with a finely incised mane on the reverse, and a chilong striding on the arched shaft grasping a branch of lingzhi in its mouth, the reverse of the shaft and the round knob carved with sinuous kuilong design.
Length 5 1/4 in., 13.3 cm
Property from a Private Collection, Highland Park, Illinois