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AN AGATE CARVED BELTHOOK, 19TH CENTURY
Cleverly rendered to include the brownish highlights, the head in the form of a dragon, a smaller sinuous dragon along the shaft, length 5" — 12.7 cm.
Note:
It is rare for a belthook to be carved out of a single piece of agate, due to its relative rarity in Qing dynasty and its hardness in comparison to nephrite jade. Agate has a Mohs scale of 6.5 to 7, which is higher than nephrite. The large size of this agate belthook entailed the use of a large of high quality agate by a skilled craftsman.
Estimate: $600—800