Chinese Jadeite and Brass Buckle

Item Details

An early 20th century Chinese two-piece belt buckle, with jadeite insert. The larger section has a brass frame with a leiwen meander border around a rectangular jadeite stone, well polished to reveal emerald and lavender tones. There is a smaller brass piece that slides in to complete the buckle.
Accession number was 1938.0003 A&B.

Provenance
Collected in the late 19th and early 20th century and donated to a Private Midwestern Institution in 1938
Sold to enhance and preserve the Institution’s mission-relevant Collections

Condition

- stone appears to have slipped in mount and glue is present on the surface, so one end of the stone protrudes from the mounting.

Dimensions

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Item #

17COL077-030