AN UNUSUAL LARGE CORAL, JADE AND HARDSTONE GILT-METAL-MOUNTED RUYI SCEPTRE

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AN UNUSUAL LARGE CORAL, JADE AND HARDSTONE GILT-METAL-MOUNTED RUYI SCEPTRE
18TH/19TH CENTURY

The shaft formed by a large coral branch carved to imitate a leafy pomegranate branch on which two bats have alighted, applied with gilt-metal sprigs of peach, pomegranate and leaves, the head inset with a white jade plaque applied with a fruiting peach branch in various hardstones sprouting from lapis lazuli rocks, chips--21 in. (53.4cm.) long, box

Lot Essay

Compare the ruyi sceptre from a private collection completely carved from coral exhibited in Asian Orientations, Treasures From Honolulu's Oriental Art Society, Honolulu Academy of Arts, 1985, Catalogue no. 28