Sujet
Jade garment hook with kui dragon, late Song-mid Ming dynasty, China, 13th-16th century. Artist: Unknown
Légende
Jade garment hook with kui dragon, late Song-mid Ming dynasty, China, 13th-16th century. A white jade belt hook with pale brown suffusions. The hook is well-carved with a dragon's head. On the handle is a kui dragon with well contorted body, some fine line details and tail screwed up to a point. Garment hooks were introduced into China from the Central Asian Steppe in the middle of the first millenium BC. The colour of this piece is sometimes described as being 'onion coloured'.
Bath (England), The Museum of East Asian Art
Date
1200
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images
Notre référence
HRM19B72_439
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
17,9Mo (350,8Ko) / 24,0cm x 18,7cm / 2837 x 2208 (300dpi)