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A JADEITE RUYI SCEPTRE
QING DYNASTY, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY
the slender curved shaft carved with a long recessed panel
enclosing leafy branches of chrysanthemum issuing from
rockwork, terminating in a lingzhi head carved in relief with two
confronting stylised phoenix, the underside plain, the stone of
pale celadon tone with light caramel inclusions, cloth-covered
stand
(2)
30.2 cm, 11⅞ in.
This piece is guaranteed jadeite by The Gem and Pearl
Laboratory, London, certi cate no. 11549.
£ 10,000-15,000
HK$ 96,500-145,000 US$ 12,500-18,700
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