PROPERTY FROM AN OLD CHINESE PRIVATE COLLECTION
A SUPERBLY CARVED LARGE SPINACH JADE BELTHOOK
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A SUPERBLY CARVED LARGE SPINACH JADE BELTHOOK
QIANLONG
The dragon-head terminal carved with bulging eyes below a furled brow and a pair of curled horns, above the arched shaft carved and pierced with two butterflies in flight among scrolling fruiting melon vines, the details finely incised, the stone of good spinach-green colour with paler and darker inclusions--5in. (12.8cm.) long, box
QIANLONG
The dragon-head terminal carved with bulging eyes below a furled brow and a pair of curled horns, above the arched shaft carved and pierced with two butterflies in flight among scrolling fruiting melon vines, the details finely incised, the stone of good spinach-green colour with paler and darker inclusions--5in. (12.8cm.) long, box