Unknown Artist
- Title
- Gold dragon belt buckle
- Place of origin
-
China
- Period
- Qing dynasty 1644 - 1911 → China
- Media category
- Metalwork
- Materials used
- gilt-copper
- Dimensions
-
2.8 x 6.2 x 2.2cm
- Credit
- Gift from the J.H. Myrtle Collection 2003
- Accession number
- 163.2003
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
In the central raised square of this three-sectioned gold filigree belt buckle is a front-facing five-clawed dragon with a pair of large horns among clouds. The two side squares are occupied by smaller four-clawed dragons.
Asian Art Department, AGNSW, January 2012
- Exhibition history (1)
-
Dragon (2012), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 18 Jan 2012–06 May 2012.
