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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
~1017
A WHITE JADE-INSET HONGMU RUYI SCEPTER
THE JADE MING DYNASTY (1368-1644), THE HONGMU
SCEPTER 19TH CENTURY
The hongmu scepter is inset with three jade plaques well carved in
openwork: the largest depicts an exotic bird in fight against a ground
of scrolling peony stems, the central plaque with a pair of butterfies in
fight amidst melons and vines, and the smallest plaque with a mythical
beast amidst lotus plants. The jade plaques are of warm white tone
with some milky-white inclusions.
20º in. (51.4 cm.) long
$8,000-12,000
PROVENANCE
Patrick and Lynda Dunnigan Collection, Williamsburg, Virginia.
EXHIBITED
Newport News, Virginia, The Peninsula Fine Arts Center,
January-April 2002.
紅木三鑲白玉如意
玉：明 紅木如意：清十九世紀
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