£4,000
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art | 578
Auction: 6 November 2019 at 12:00 GMT
清 白玉雕龍紋腰帶扣
meticulously worked with a horned dragon's head forming the hook, skilfully rendered with bulging eyes and a wide snout, the gently arched shaft carved in openwork with a pair of Buddhist snow lions playing with a brocade ball, the reverse of the shaft with a round knob, the stone with a very pale celadon tinge
Provenance: Private Glasgow collection; collected in the 1960s and 1970s.