Lot Essay
A similar but smaller jade ruyi sceptre was sold in our New York Rooms, 21 September 2004, lot 106.
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19TH CENTURY
Details
A large white jade ruyi sceptre
19th Century
The ruyi-head well carved in shallow relief with a figure looking up from a barge below a pine tree and with a pavilion in the distance, the arched handle with a crane flying above a solitary figure standing between pine and bamboo, the edge of the end pierced for attachment of a silk cord, the stone with some opaque white and sparse light brown mottling with added russet colouring
45.7 cm. long
19th Century
The ruyi-head well carved in shallow relief with a figure looking up from a barge below a pine tree and with a pavilion in the distance, the arched handle with a crane flying above a solitary figure standing between pine and bamboo, the edge of the end pierced for attachment of a silk cord, the stone with some opaque white and sparse light brown mottling with added russet colouring
45.7 cm. long
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