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(US$9,000-10,000)
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A GILT-DECORATED CELADON JADE RUYI
JIAQING
With incised and gilt decoration depicting eight cranes, four holding peaches and four holding beribboned scrolls, the first three in flight on the ruyi head, with five more cranes along the handle, all amid billowing clouds continuing over the edge and onto the back, with waves crashing against rocky mountains and bamboo at the bottom of the handle, the stone a mottled celadon colour
15 7/8 in. (40.3 cm.) long, box
JIAQING
With incised and gilt decoration depicting eight cranes, four holding peaches and four holding beribboned scrolls, the first three in flight on the ruyi head, with five more cranes along the handle, all amid billowing clouds continuing over the edge and onto the back, with waves crashing against rocky mountains and bamboo at the bottom of the handle, the stone a mottled celadon colour
15 7/8 in. (40.3 cm.) long, box