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buckle

Object NameBuckle

Made FromGlass

Date1850-1949

Place MadeChina

TechniqueCast, carved

SizeOverall L: 6.2 cm, Th: 1.65 cm

Accession Number51.6.381

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary
Modern

Exhibitions

Exhibition of East Asiatic Glass

Not On View

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

玻璃龙纹带扣

Physical DescriptionBuckle. Transparent light blue glass; cast, carved. Rounded rectangular form in three tiers; relief design of two hydra-like dragons en face, with a curious pearl (?) motif between them; edge of base carved with a fret pattern; on the reverse, two knobs, one heart-shaped and one circular, each carved with an unconventional yin-yang motif.
Provenance

Source Nellie B. Hussey - 1951