A CLOISONNE ENAMEL RUYI SCEPTER

SECOND HALF 17TH CENTURY

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A CLOISONNE ENAMEL RUYI SCEPTER
SECOND HALF 17TH CENTURY
The ruyi head is decorated with a pair of blue dragons confronted on a shou ('longevity') medallion. The handle has two sections of archaistic hooked scrolls. One section incorporates the head of a dragon, the other the head of a phoenix, all above a rocky outcrop emerging from crashing waves at the pointed tip. The reverse of both the head and the handle is decorated with lotus scroll.
14¾ in. (37.4 cm.) long

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Lot Essay

Compare the similar scepter illustrated by H. Brinker and A. Lutz, Chinese Cloisonné: The Pierre Uldry Collection, The Asia Society Galleries, New York, 1989, no. 163, which is also dated to the second half of the 17th century.

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