Lot Essay
A similar cloisonné ruyi sceptre with the repoussé panel and enamel border reversed was sold in these Rooms, 22 March 1993, lot 575.
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PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN ESTATE
A CLOISONNE ENAMEL AND GILT BRONZE RUYI SCEPTRE
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A CLOISONNE ENAMEL AND GILT BRONZE RUYI SCEPTRE
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The ruyi head terminal with a raised shaped repoussé panel depicting five bats among cloud scrolls encircling a shou roundel, all within an enamelled key-fret border, both sides of the waisted shaft with four panels decorated with bats enclosing stylised shou characters alternating with lotus flower sprays, the sides of the shaft with key fret border
15 5/8 in. (39.7 cm.) long
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The ruyi head terminal with a raised shaped repoussé panel depicting five bats among cloud scrolls encircling a shou roundel, all within an enamelled key-fret border, both sides of the waisted shaft with four panels decorated with bats enclosing stylised shou characters alternating with lotus flower sprays, the sides of the shaft with key fret border
15 5/8 in. (39.7 cm.) long