LATE QING DYNASTY

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A RARE JADEITE-INSET KINGFISHER FEATHER-EMBELLISHED GILT-METAL RUYI SCEPTER
LATE QING DYNASTY
The head, center section and tip inset with jadeite plaques carved in relief with various scenes incorporating a qilin, phoenix and lion, set into the gilt-metal filagree shaft inlaid in kingfisher feather, the tip set with an orange silk tassle
22½ in. (57.2 cm.) long, cloth stand, display case

Provenance

Acquired prior to World War II and thence by descent within the family.

Special notice

Items which contain rubies or jadeite originating in Burma (Myanmar) may not be imported into the U.S. As a convenience to our bidders, we have marked these lots with Y. Please be advised that a purchaser¹s inability to import any such item into the U.S. or any other country shall not constitute grounds for non-payment or cancellation of the sale. With respect to items that contain any other types of gemstones originating in Burma (e.g., sapphires), such items may be imported into the U.S., provided that the gemstones have been mounted or incorporated into jewellery outside of Burma and provided that the setting is not of a temporary nature (e.g., a string).

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Lot Essay

The present jadeite-inset filagree ruyi scepter appears to be part of a group of similar scepters produced for the Qing Court during the 19th century. A larger (55 cm.) jadeite-inset filagree metal ruyi scepter in the collection of the Palace Museum, Taiwan, was included in the exhibition, Auspicious Ju-I Scepters of China, Taipei, 1995, p. 131, no. 58. Two further similar jadeite-inset ruyi scepters, although in gilt metal as opposed to the filagree seen on the present scepter were included in the same exhibition, pp. 132-33, nos. 59-60.

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