Chinese Jade Toggle with Insignia

Tidy rectangular block with a scalloped crest looks like a very small official seal.

This toggle with insignia is from China, and dates to the 19th century. It is jade. Toggles originally worn for practical use later became valued gifts and artworks, and the article notes that the netsuke of Japan, a similar counterweight for kimono sashes, originated with Chinese toggles. Buff and flat-sided, the piece has a lobed, cloud-like top edge and two small drilled dots near the crown. The face carries a faint raised cartouche of scrolling lines. Light brown mottling spreads along the shoulders and top. It is 1.25 inches wide and 1 deep.

Modest in size, with the posture of a tiny official.