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18TH CENTURY
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A DAMASCENED IRON RUYI SCEPTRE
18TH CENTURY
The ruyi-shaped head inlaid in silver with two dragons confronted on a flaming pearl, the top of the handle with the Eight Daoist Emblems in reserves on a wan-diaper ground and the reverse with twelve archaic characters above a four-character inscription, Da Ming nian zao
16 in. (40.7 cm.) long
18TH CENTURY
The ruyi-shaped head inlaid in silver with two dragons confronted on a flaming pearl, the top of the handle with the Eight Daoist Emblems in reserves on a wan-diaper ground and the reverse with twelve archaic characters above a four-character inscription, Da Ming nian zao
16 in. (40.7 cm.) long