Buckle

Buckle

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.

1990.038.002