Lot 300
A Chinese White Jade 'Chilong' Belt Hook
Sale 1015 - Strong Diversions: Property from a Lifetime of Play
Mar 28, 2022
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$1,500 -
2,500
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$1,188
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Lot Description
A Chinese White Jade 'Chilong' Belt Hook
18TH/19TH CENTURY
清中期 白玉螭龍帶鈎
the stone of milky tone, carved with a slender shank terminating in a dragon head hook with soft incised details at the fangs, horns, and rippled mane, all arching towards a supple chilong clambering up the shaft, opposite a raised ovoid knob.
the stone of milky tone, carved with a slender shank terminating in a dragon head hook with soft incised details at the fangs, horns, and rippled mane, all arching towards a supple chilong clambering up the shaft, opposite a raised ovoid knob.
Length 4 1/4 in., 10.8 cm.
Property from The Strong National Museum of Play, sold to benefit the Collections Fund
Accessioned by the Strong in 1975.
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