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A LARGE PALE GREYISH-WHITE JADE
‘DRAGON AND PHOENIX’ SCEPTER
18TH-19TH CENTURY
The ruyi-shaped head is well carved with a dragon pursuing a
faming pearl amidst clouds and on the handle with a phoenix on
a rocky outcrop grasping in its beak a stem of fowers, the reverse
decorated with swirling clouds, the stone of greyish tone.
17 æ in. (45 cm.) long
$30,000-50,000
清十八/十九世紀 青白玉雕龍鳳如意
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