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buckle

Object NameBuckle

Made FromGlass

Date1850-1949

Place Madepossibly China

TechniqueCast, carved

SizeOverall H: 4 cm, W: 10.3 cm

Accession Number51.6.414

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern
Modern
Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Exhibition of East Asiatic Glass

Not On View

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

玻璃龙纹带扣

Physical DescriptionBuckle. Transparent light green glass; cast, carved. Two square, lobed bases with extensions for a dragon-head hook in the round and for an open loop to receive the dragon head; high relief, undercut design on each of a dragon with complex tendril- like body and tail; a very low circular knob on the reverse of each.
Provenance

Source Nellie B. Hussey - 1951