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A WHITE JADE-INSET RUYI SCEPTRE As jade would have been highly valued it is not unusual that earlier
The jade 15th/16th century, the sceptre later plaques would have been re-fitted on later artworks. Compare a
The curved hardwood sceptre embellished with silver wire-inlaid hardwood ruyi sceptre fitted with earlier jade pieces, Yongzheng/
shou characters, the large rectangular head, mid-section and smaller Qianlong, and a lacquer ruyi sceptre also fitted with earlier jade,
terminal end set with three white jade plaques elaborately carved in Yongzheng/Qianlong, both from the Palace Museum, Beijing,
openwork with birds and flowers. illustrated by E.S.Rawski and J.Rawson, China: The Three Emperors
55cm (21 5/8in) long 1662-1795, London, 2005, Catalogue, nos.276 and 278.

£8,000 - 12,000 Compare also with a similar white jade openwork plaque carved with
HK$83,000 - 120,000 geese amidst reeds, Ming Dynasty, from the Qing Court Collection,
CNY71,000 - 110,000 illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace
Museum: Jadeware (I), Beijing, 2008, pl.259.
Provenance: A French private collection Finally, see a similar silver-wire inlaid lacquered ruyi sceptre with
earlier Ming Dynasty jade plaques sold in our New Bond Street
rooms, 10 November 2011, lot 323.

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