A RING-SHAPED BELT ORNAMENT 'PEI'

Description:

China, Ming dynasty or earlier
B. 8,6 cm
With two high relief 'chilong' dragons coiled around the ring, of slightly blueish jade.
From the Zeileis collection, assembled in the 1980s and 90s - Minor wear
Published in: Zeileis, F. G.: "Chinesische Jade aus sieben Jahrtausenden" [Chinese Jades from Seven Millennia], Gallspach, 1st edition 1994, 2002, volume 2, no. 165, pp. 336-337