PROPERTY OF AN AMERICAN ESTATE
A PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE RUYI SCEPTER
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A PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE RUYI SCEPTER
19TH CENTURY
The ruyi head carved in relief with a blanket-draped elephant with a jardiniere on its back flanked by four of the bajixiang, the remaining four Buddhist emblems carved on the arched shaft below a vapor-shrouded yinyang symbol, and with waves and rising vapor carved at the tip, the stone well polished and of even tone with minimal opaque white mottling
15¼ (38.8cm.) long
19TH CENTURY
The ruyi head carved in relief with a blanket-draped elephant with a jardiniere on its back flanked by four of the bajixiang, the remaining four Buddhist emblems carved on the arched shaft below a vapor-shrouded yinyang symbol, and with waves and rising vapor carved at the tip, the stone well polished and of even tone with minimal opaque white mottling
15¼ (38.8cm.) long