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A FINE LARGE WHITE JADE RUYI
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The ruyi-shaped head well carved in low relief with a festooned elephant carrying a wide vase on his back containing precious objects including a ruyi scepter suspending a beribboned musical stone and a tusk suspending a pair of twin fish, the arched shaft further embellished with a ribbon running down from under the terminal knotted with a wan emblem, a shou character, twin fish and a musical stone interrupted at the mid-section with a vase containing halberds, the stone of even white tone with cloudy inclusions, box
17 1 /2 in. (44 cm.) long
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The ruyi-shaped head well carved in low relief with a festooned elephant carrying a wide vase on his back containing precious objects including a ruyi scepter suspending a beribboned musical stone and a tusk suspending a pair of twin fish, the arched shaft further embellished with a ribbon running down from under the terminal knotted with a wan emblem, a shou character, twin fish and a musical stone interrupted at the mid-section with a vase containing halberds, the stone of even white tone with cloudy inclusions, box
17 1 /2 in. (44 cm.) long