A WHITE AND RUSSET JADE RUYI SCEPTRE

A WHITE AND RUSSET JADE RUYI SCEPTRE
18th century
The head finely carved with a carp leaping from waves, the vapor issuing from its mouth supporting the characters shuang xi beneath an umbrella, a vase of lingzhi supported on a lotus to one side, the arched handle carved with another umbrella and trailing vapor and with a cintamani at the pierced tip and further vapor on the back, the stone finely polished
16in. (40.7cm.) long