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QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
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A JADE AND IVORY-INSET HARDWOOD RUYI SCEPTER
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
The dark hardwood scepter is inset with three shaped jade plaques. The largest is carved with a bat in flight above two peaches borne on a branch, the second with a finger citron, and the last with a pomegranate, comprising The Three Abundances, sanduo. The handle is inset with ivory shou-character appliques, and pierced to hold the yellow silk cord. Together with a green jade ruyi scepter, 20th century. The ruyi head is carved with a bat in flight above interlocking C- scrolls. The green stone has some black and white inclusions.
14 and 15½ in. (35.5 and 39.3 cm.) long (2)
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
The dark hardwood scepter is inset with three shaped jade plaques. The largest is carved with a bat in flight above two peaches borne on a branch, the second with a finger citron, and the last with a pomegranate, comprising The Three Abundances, sanduo. The handle is inset with ivory shou-character appliques, and pierced to hold the yellow silk cord. Together with a green jade ruyi scepter, 20th century. The ruyi head is carved with a bat in flight above interlocking C- scrolls. The green stone has some black and white inclusions.
14 and 15½ in. (35.5 and 39.3 cm.) long (2)
Provenance
Hardwood scepter: acquired in Hong Kong, June 1973.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Mayer Collection, Winnetka, Illinois.
The Robert B. Mayer Family Collection, Chicago, Illinois.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Mayer Collection, Winnetka, Illinois.
The Robert B. Mayer Family Collection, Chicago, Illinois.
Special notice
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