1-234-010 - The Museum of East Asian Art/Heritage Images

Gilt-bronze mounted group of three jade belt fittings, Liao dynasty or earlier, China, c907-1125. A set of three gilt bronze mounted jade appliques for a textile belt. It consists of 1) one narrow plain jade tongue with wavy edge at both ends, the back mounted with plain gilt bronze with textile fragment between bronze and jade, the jade mounted with gilt bronze striding lion with fungus; 2) two objects of flower shape with indental borders, pierced with oval hole for suspension, three gilt bronze nails for affixing.