LATE QING DYNASTY

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A JADEITE-MOUNTED GILT-METAL RUYI SCEPTER
LATE QING DYNASTY
The three mottled green and greenish-white jadeite plaques are carved in relief with leafy branches of peaches on the largest plaque, finger citrons on the center plaque, and pomegranates on the bottom plaque, which together represent the 'Three Abundances' (sanduo). The arched gilt-metal handle is decorated on top with the Eight Buddhist Emblems (bajixiang), on the sides with foliate and key-fret borders, and on the underside with wan diaper.
19½ in. (49.5 cm.) long

Provenance

Private collection, La Jolla, California, acquired in the 1940s-50s, 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

Two gilt-metal ruyi scepters of this type, also decorated around the sides with auspicious motifs and mounted with mottled green jadeite plaques, are in the National Palace Museum, Taiwan, and illustrated in Auspicious Ju-i Scepters of China, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1995, pp. 132-33, nos. 59-60.

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