Dragon-head shaped belt hook with floral decoration and auspicious symbols of happiness and longevity in fencai polychrome enamels, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
- Image Number: C1B002008N000000000PAB
- Dynasty: Qing dynasty
- Category: Ceramics
- Function: Clothing and accessories
- Description:
Pipa shaped,? The head is in the shape of a curved tap, and the back is provided with a round knob. With? It is a clothing appliance that the ancients buckled the belt, or hung mirror bags, seals, scabbards, coins or jade pendants. The head of the dragon is a pink colored ground. The head and mane are outlined with gold lines. The nose and horns of the dragon are painted in bright red. The longan is painted with clay gold. The overall line is smooth and elegant. The body is decorated with green color, and Prime Minister Long uses gold color to outline the body. The decorations are divided into two inner and outer circles. The outer circle is led by the four petal pattern of the dragon neck, connected with the curly grass pattern downward, and the golden line is near the bottom? The box is filled with red Ruyi as decoration, in which the pattern of crocus lotus is the main flower, and the pistil protrudes to connect a four petaled flower. The inner circle is decorated with golden and blue color twin bats and longevity peaches, and a group of flowers is decorated in the middle.
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