The chicken-bone jade belt hook is carved and pierced with a sinuous chilong clambering towards the dragon-head terminal. The jade is of an opaque greyish-white tone with dark veins. The ruyi-sceptre-form belt hook is carved with the Three Abundances, sanduo. The jade is of an even, pale tone and carved using the russet inclusions as highlights.
The longer, 4.1/2 in. (11.5 cm.) long

Collection of the late Gerard Arnhold (1918-2010)

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