元/明 白玉鏤雕龍穿蓮紋帶扣一副元/明 白玉鏤雕龍穿蓮紋帶扣一副5 7⁄8 in. (15 cm.) wide, boxDetails A WHITE JADE INTERLINKED ‘DRAGON’ BELT HOOK AND BUCKLEYUAN-MING DYNASTY (1279-1644)Each plaque is carved and pierced with a dragon writhing amidst dense foliage bearing lotus blossoms, interlinked by a square tab carved with a flowering tree on one side and mandarin ducks in a lotus pond on the other side.5 7⁄8 in. (15 cm.) wide, box Exhibited Hong Kong Museum of Art, Chinese Jade Carving, Hong Kong, 1983, catalogue p. 272, no. 246