DescriptionChinese Qing dynasty gilt bronze belt; the belt set with eighteen individual carved jade panels of variuos shapes, each panel carved in low relief with a range of floral designs to figures, dragons and animals; the gilt bronze belt showing signs of burial; the belt head terminating in animal head, two hindges of belt lost and replaced, gilt bronze showing heavy oxidation, belt buckle of archaistic axe form; L 36" (Approx.) Provenance: ex-C.P. Lowe Winter Park, Florida