Description: Beautiful white Chinese jade belt buckle with an openwork carved dragon head hook with round chafe on the concave back. Comes with carved wood stand.

History: In Chinese art, "jade" is an ornamental stone used in a wide variety of art, figure carving and other types of sculpture. Jade carving has been an important material in goldsmithing since the age of prehistoric art, and still accounts for most of China's hardstone carving. One important reason why carved-jade objects were so highly prized, is because the Chinese believe that jade represents purity, beauty, longevity, even immortality. In addition, jade carvers valued the stone for its glitter, translucent colours and shades. Historically, due to its rarity and technical difficulties of manufacture, the wearing and use of jade was restricted to tribal leaders, then Emperors and noblemen, and was most commonly used in the carving of ritual vessels, ceremonial utensils and other totemic objects, representing status and power.

Provenance: N/A

Dimensions: Weight (Pounds & Ounces) = 4oz | Height(in) = 6 | Width(in) = 4 | Depth(in) = 4

Size of Artwork(in): 3.250 x .625 x .875

Artist Name: N/A

Medium: Jade

Circa: 19th c.

No chips, cracks, or repairs.