Two pale green jade 'dragon' belt-hooks


18th/19th centuryThe arched shaft elaborately carved in openwork and high relief with a writhing chilong clasping a lingzhi stem in its mouth, clambering towards the dragon-head terminal, the underside with a five-petalled bloom, the lustrous stone of a greenish-white tone; the smaller one carved with a dragon head forming the hook, the broad arched shaft decorated with geometric pattern. The larger 11.7cm (4 1/2in) long. (2).
|十八/十九世紀 青白玉雕龍首帶鉤 一組兩件Provenance:A Swedish private collection, acquired in the 1960s (larger belt hook)The collection of L.E. Fernandes (1897-1988) (smaller belt hook)Marchant, London來源：瑞典私人舊藏，購於1960年代（較大的帶鉤）L.E. Fernandes （1897-1988）舊藏（較小的帶鉤）倫敦Marchant皆青白玉質，雕龍首，風格頗類，寬唇，蒜鼻，鼓目，葉眉，雙角後伏。一件鉤肚鏤空浮雕幼龍攀附其上，口銜芝草，頭髮後披，尾分兩叉，捲成如意，背面帶扣則淺浮雕梅花一朵，花蕊經脈宛然如生。另一件鉤肚則寬平，其上浮雕淺刻仿古竊曲紋。