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A SPINACH-GREEN JADE ARCHAISTIC RUYI SCEPTRE
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
清十八世紀 碧玉仿古瑞鳥紋如意
the long arched shaft carved in low relief with a pair of
addorsed archaistic birds framed above and below by stylised
C and S-scrolls, ruyi heads, pommel, ropetwist motif, animal
masks and square scrolls, terminating in a ruyi head similarly
decorated with archaistic scrolls, the translucent well-polished
stone of an olive-green tone with darker veins and black
mottling, wood stand
45.3 cm, 17⅞ in.
HK$ 400,000-600,000
US$ 51,000-76,500
