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A CELADON JADE RUYI SCEPTER
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
the smooth, undulating shaft supporting a
large ruyi-shaped head carved in relief with a
bat suspending a beribboned lozenge above a
shou character, two further bats swooping in to
frame the auspicious character on either side,
all within a raised border, at the opposite end of
the shaft an openwork bat with pierced wings
grasping the scepter in its mouth and paws, a
loose ring carved under the bat for attaching
a tassel, the stone of a whitish-green color
ß ecked with opaque white inclusions
Length 18¼ in., 46.4 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of Edward D. King (1884-1968), New
York, and thence by descent.
$ 30,000-50,000
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EdwardġDįġKingġĩ1884Į1968Īġ㓞啷炻䲸䲬炻
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