A WHITE JADE 'DRAGON' SCROLL SEVEN-JOINT BELT HOOK WITH IRON CORE
HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 220)

L 19.3 cm (7 5/8 in)

Provenance: A Macau collection

Reference: A similar jade belt hook with an iron bar, from the Western Han dynasty, kept in the Museum of the Western Han Mausoleum of King of Nanyue, is illustrated in THE COMPLETE COLLECTION OF JADES UNEARTHED IN CHINA 11 GUANGDONG．GUANGXI．FUJIAN．HAINAN．HONG KONG．MACAO．TAIWAN, by Gu Fang, Science Press, Beijing, 2010, p.132

ESTIMATE: HKD 800,000 / RMB 704,000