Product Description

ARCHAIC HAN DYNASTY SPINATCH GREEN JADE DRAGON FACE MASK BELT HOOK CARVING WITH A SUSPENDED RING ATTACHED TO A BI.

BROWN AND RUSSET INCLUSIONS AND VEINS.

SIZE: 15 CMS HIGH, 7 CMS WIDE, 1 CMS THICK.

NOTE:

BELT HOOK:

JADE WAS FIRST USED TO EMBELLISH BELTS AND OTHER DRESS HOOKS IN THE SEVENTH AND SIXTH CENTURIES BC, AT A TIME WHEN OTHER LUXURIOUS MATERIALS SUCH AS GOLD, SILVER AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES WERE BEING USED TO ENRICH BOTH WEAPONS AND BELTS. GARMENT HOOKS OF BOTH GOLD AND JADE HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED IN EXCAVATIONS DATING TO THE EASTERN ZHOU (771-221 BC) AND HAN PERIODS (206 BC – AD 220). THE JADE EXAMPLES APPEAR TO BE IMITATATIONS OF THOSE MADE IN GOLD.