A large pale jade 'chilong' double buckle18th century
Each section of bracket-lobed form, carved in high openwork relief with a striding sinuous chilong grasping leafy lingzhi stems, with dragon head clasp, the stone of pale green hue.
12.7cm (5in) long. (2).注脚Provenance: An English Private Collection, collected in the 1930's and thence by descent. Purchased from Dickinson Galleries, Singapore, 1935, mentioned in letter from the gallery.