A Chinese pale celadon jade 'dragon and chilong' belt hook

Reference: ART1001735

The belt hook is finely carved to the top in openwork and undercut with a chilong grasping a lingzhi fungus crawling towards the dragon head hook, with a circular stud on the reverse. The stone of very pale greenish-white color with a few fine splashes of russet to the upper surface.

Catalogue notes: compare another 18th century belt hook sold from the Collection of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth at Christie's New York, 19 March 2015, lot 632. Provenance: From the collection of mr. J.E. Vaandrager