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A RARE SILVER AND GOLD INLAID GILT-BRONZE
RUYI SCEPTRE
EARLY QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
The terminal is cast in the form of an elephant-head, adorned with
trappings and embellished with a hardstone, the long arched handle
is decorated with gold and silver inlays forming archaistic leiwen
and taotie motifs, the reverse is inlaid with a sixteen-character poetic
inscription in seal script.
16 ¬ in. (41.8 cm.) long
HK$200,000-300,000 US$26,000-38,000
清初 鎏金銅錯金銀吉語象首如意
背面錯篆書銘文：山川雲雨，五行四侯 ，化被神芷，以介眉壽。
inscription
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