A Chinese Pale Green Jade Belt Hook Daigou, Qing dynasty 18th/19th. The top carved in openwork and undercut with a chilong crawling towards the dragon head hook, with circular stud on the reverse, the stone of very pale greenish-white color and finely polished. 7.8 cm long ,,Provenance : From the Estate of Alfred and Irene Morley and thence by descent to the current owner. Alfred ( Bob) Morley (1890-1971) was a British journalist and diplomat . He lived from 1915 till 1941 in Hongkong and Shanghai , He was editor for both the Hong-Kong Telegraph and the South China Morning Post , in 1931 He settled in Shanghai as Editor for the Shanghai Times. He was also president of the Rotary Club Shanghai. From March 1940 he was Press Attaché at the British embassy in Shanghai .