Buckle

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Object Name: 
Buckle
Place Made: 
China
Accession Number: 
51.6.408
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 3.4 cm, L: 10.8 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1850-1949
Web Description: 
玻璃龙纹带扣

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern; Modern; Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Hussey, Nellie B., Source
1951
Category: 
Asian
Color: 
green
Technique: 
carving
casting
Material: 
glass

Description

Primary Description: 
Buckle. Transparent green glass; cast and carved. Square forms with curved extensions for hook and loop; obverse faces cut with undercut and openwork dragon design; hook, a dragon head; loop, an oval opening; reverse faces have rectangular open bars; highly polished.

Exhibitions (2)

Treasures in Glass
Venue(s)
Allentown Art Museum 1966 through 1966
Exhibition of East Asiatic Glass
Venue(s)
Toledo Museum of Art 1948-10-03 through 1948-10-31
 

Publications (1)

Treasures in Glass (1966) illustrated, pp. 60-61, #114; BIB# 28036