Lot Essay
Compare a similar gilt metal ruyi sceptre, also with jade inlays, in the collection of the National Palace Museum illustrated in Auspicious Ju-I Scepters of China, Taipei, 1995, p. 131, no. 58.
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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A PAIR OF UNUSUAL JADEITE-INLAID AND CHAMPLEVE ENAMEL-DECORATED GILT-COPPER RUYI SCEPTRES
19TH CENTURY
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A PAIR OF UNUSUAL JADEITE-INLAID AND CHAMPLEVE ENAMEL-DECORATED GILT-COPPER RUYI SCEPTRES
19TH CENTURY
Each sceptre formed by an openwork filigree frame of interlaced gilt-copper ropetwist wires within beaded borders, the head, middle and end inlaid with a carved, shaped jadeite plaque of mottled green color above small blue, turquoise and yellow champlevé enamel butterflies alternating with beaded shou medallions, with further champlevé enamel appliqués shaped as Daoist Emblems on the shaft, with a small ring at the end for the attachment of a tassel
23½ in. (59.7 cm.) long (2)
19TH CENTURY
Each sceptre formed by an openwork filigree frame of interlaced gilt-copper ropetwist wires within beaded borders, the head, middle and end inlaid with a carved, shaped jadeite plaque of mottled green color above small blue, turquoise and yellow champlevé enamel butterflies alternating with beaded shou medallions, with further champlevé enamel appliqués shaped as Daoist Emblems on the shaft, with a small ring at the end for the attachment of a tassel
23½ in. (59.7 cm.) long (2)