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18TH/19TH CENTURY
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AN UNUSUAL NANMU RUYI SCEPTRE
18TH/19TH CENTURY
The handle carved as two stalks of bamboo bound to a gnarled branch by a ribbon that is also tied around a small vase containing a peony and a fly whisk, the upper part of the handle carved in high relief with vapor that issues from the mouth of a lion mask surmounting the handle on the underside of the ruyi head, which is carved on the front with an immortal holding a ruyi sceptre
13¾ in. (35 cm.) long
18TH/19TH CENTURY
The handle carved as two stalks of bamboo bound to a gnarled branch by a ribbon that is also tied around a small vase containing a peony and a fly whisk, the upper part of the handle carved in high relief with vapor that issues from the mouth of a lion mask surmounting the handle on the underside of the ruyi head, which is carved on the front with an immortal holding a ruyi sceptre
13¾ in. (35 cm.) long