Lot 53
53
A LARGE PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE RUYI SCEPTRE
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF SHERRY AND LAWRENCE PHILLIPS
A LARGE PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE RUYI SCEPTRE

18TH/19TH CENTURY

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A LARGE PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE RUYI SCEPTRE
18TH/19TH CENTURY
The ruyi head well carved in low relief with the auspicious symbols of a fruiting peach branch below a bat suspending a ribbon-tied wan emblem, within a raised border, the end of the plain handle carved with bound C-scrolls and pierced for the attachment of a tassel, the stone of pale greenish-white color with some opaque buff mottling
19 5/8 in. (49.8 cm.) long

Lot Essay

Compare the white jade sceptre of slightly smaller size with similarly carved ruyi head and handle end included in the exhibition, Auspicious Ju-I Scepters of China, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1995, p. 101, no. 28.

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