AN EMERALD-GREEN JADEITE ‘DRAGON’ BELT HOOK, 19TH CENTURYChina. The top is carved as a sinuous chilong grasping a lingzhi sprig in its jaws as it crawls toward the pierced dragon-head hook, its mane neatly incised, a rounded square button carved to the reverse, and the head pierced with a small aperture. The translucent stone is of a pale apple and deep emerald-green tone with icy inclusions and dark green specks.Provenance: From an old private collection in Texas, USA. The collector has over 50 years of collecting experience, specializing in Buddhist paintings, sculptures, and ritual artifacts from Central and South Asia including India, Pakistan, Nepal, Tibet, and China.Condition: Very good condition with minor wear and minuscule nibbling.Weight: 42.9 gDimensions: Length 8.2 cmAuction resultparison:Type: Closely relatedAuction: Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 May 2017, lot 1856Price: HKD 40,000 or approx.EUR 5,300 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writingDescription: A jadeite belt hookExpert remark:pare the closely related form, openwork carving, and color of the jade. Note the size (10 cm).Auction resultparison:Type: Closely relatedAuction: Christie’s Hong Kong, 6 November May 2014, lot 3176Price: HKD 325,000 or approx.EUR 49,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writingDescription: A Carved Jadeite 'Dragon' Belt Hook, Late Qing DynastyExpert remark:pare the closely related form, openwork carving, and color of the jade. Note the size (9.5 cm).十九世紀翡翠龍首螭龍紋帶鉤中國。翠色純正，泛玻璃光澤。鉤首圓雕一龍首，雙角微突，凸額，吊睛，雙頜微啟。板狀鉤身化為龍身，下突圓鈕，其上鏤雕一銜靈芝草小螭龍，毛髮後飄，曲身，抬首與大龍相對而視，呈現出“蒼龍教子”之姿態，是為“望子成龍”之寓意。下突圓鈕，其上鏤雕一銜靈芝草小螭龍，毛髮後飄，曲身，抬首與大龍相對而視，呈“蒼龍教子”之姿，是為“望子成龍”之寓意。