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Jade garment hook with kui dragon, late Song-mid Ming dynasty, China, 13th-16th century.
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'.
Unique Identifier
AR918383
Type
Image
Purpose
Public
Size
2837px × 2208px
Photo Credit
HIP / Art Resource, NY
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13TH CENTURY
14TH CENTURY
15TH CENTURY
16TH CENTURY
ART
artefact
Artifact
ARTS
BROWN
CARVED
Carving
china
CHINESE
color
country
Dragon
DYNASTY
FIFTEENTH CENTURY
FOURTEENTH CENTURY
garment hook
Jade
kui
LOCATION
MING
MING DYNASTY
Museum of East Asian Art
mythical beast
mythical creature
MYTHOLOGY
Object
SIXTEENTH CENTURY
SONG DYNASTY
THIRTEENTH CENTURY
white