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18TH-19TH CENTURY
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A PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE RUYI SCEPTRE
18TH-19TH CENTURY
The shaft is carved in low relief with an Immortal rowing a boat in a river landscape with a crane, a deer and pine trees. The ruyi-shaped head is carved with a boy in a boat with a basket of flowers above his head. The stone is of an even pale greenish-white tone
14 ½ in. (37 cm.) long
18TH-19TH CENTURY
The shaft is carved in low relief with an Immortal rowing a boat in a river landscape with a crane, a deer and pine trees. The ruyi-shaped head is carved with a boy in a boat with a basket of flowers above his head. The stone is of an even pale greenish-white tone
14 ½ in. (37 cm.) long
Provenance
Christie's Hong Kong, 2 October 1991, lot 1385.
Collection of the late Gerard Arnhold (1918-2010).
Collection of the late Gerard Arnhold (1918-2010).
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