THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A WHITE JADE AND SILVER-INLAID LACQUERED WOOD RUYI SCEPTRE
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A WHITE JADE AND SILVER-INLAID LACQUERED WOOD RUYI SCEPTRE
18TH/19TH CENTURY
Each of the three plaques raised on a gilt-fretwork platform and well carved in relief with horses in landscape settings, their total number depicting the Eight Horses of Mu Wang, the shaft covered in thin brown lacquer inlaid in fine silver wire with variations of shou characters, repairs to shaft--21 in. (53.4cm.) long
18TH/19TH CENTURY
Each of the three plaques raised on a gilt-fretwork platform and well carved in relief with horses in landscape settings, their total number depicting the Eight Horses of Mu Wang, the shaft covered in thin brown lacquer inlaid in fine silver wire with variations of shou characters, repairs to shaft--21 in. (53.4cm.) long