Buckle - Artifacts
Description
Belt hook, made from old opium box. Top jade or soap stone bottom gilt-bronze. Jade cover with raised design of two bats surrounding a swastika. Bottom of bronze base beautifully decoratedin openwork design of flowers and vines. Two flat metal loops attached to this base. The bat is a good luck symbol.
Value $100
late 19th century
Note: Transfered from Museum gift shop.
Object ID
1990.038.002