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A CHICKEN-BONE JADE ‘BATS’ RUYI SCEPTRE
18TH/19TH CENTURY
The thickly-carved sceptre is crisply carved to the ruyi-shaped head with a
central shou character below a bat with its wings spread upon a swirled cloud
trailing down the upper edge of the head. The shaft is carved with raised bat
roundels all reserved on an archaistic c-scroll ground in low relief, terminating
with a further bat. The stone is of a white tone with grey veins and an opaque
white area.
16æ in. (42.5 cm.) long
£25,000-35,000 $32,000-44,000
€29,000-40,000
清十八／十九世紀 雞骨白玉福壽紋如意
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