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643 A WOOD RUYI SCEPTER WITH RETICULATED WHITE DAOIST
FU PATTERNS
The curved spine mounted with pierced composition panels depicting
alternating auspicious Daoist patterns, the sides of the wood shaft
pierced and decorated similarly.
19in (48.3cm) length of scepter

$2,000 - 4,000

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A CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER RUYI SCEPTER
18th/19th century
The scepter of red lacquer ground carved in relief with eight Buddhist
emblems set in cartouches, the underside carved with a wanzi-
patterned diaper.
16in (40.5cm) length of scepter
644 $2,000 - 3,000

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TWO METAL RUYI SCEPTERS
Both of typical shape, the first late Qing/Republic, possibly originally a
portion of an incense clock, formed from metal alloy thinly reticulated in
elaborate fu, lu and shou characters; the second 20th century, formed
from cloisonne surrounding metal alloy dragons at the three nodes and
bearing a Xuande mark to the underside of the shaft.
18 and 20 1/2in (46 and 52cm) long (2).

$2,000 - 3,000
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