A Chinese whiute jade and silver-inlaid wood ruyi-sceptre

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A Chinese whiute jade and silver-inlaid wood ruyi-sceptre
the plaques carved and pierced with exotic birds among flowering lotus above lines of calligraphy to the mounts, the reverse inlaid in fruitsprays -- 18.in (46.5cm) long, the jade 17th Century, the mounts later.
See Colour Plate 59.

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