Jade belt clasp carved with feline dragons, Chinese

An image of Belt Clasp. White jade with brown staining. This clasp comprises two plaques, one with a curved hook formed by an animal head and the other with a hole within a shaped loop. Both plaques decorated with openwork feline dragons. Nephrite, length 10.9 cm, 1368-1644. Chinese.

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Belt Clasp. White jade with brown staining. This clasp comprises two plaques, one with a curved hook formed by an animal head and the other with a hole within a shaped loop. Both plaques decorated with openwork feline dragons. Nephrite, length 10.9 cm, 1368-1644. Chinese.

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Accession Number: O.33-1938
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 100
Camera: Canon EOS 5D
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 512 pixels
Image width: 948 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 204.31kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2007:11:15 15:20:44

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belt clasp buckle carved Chinese clasps decorated decorative dragons feline Fitz_AA green jade nephrite plaque relief

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