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    Asian Art

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    31 October 2006

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    • A wood inlaid ruyi sceptre
    Lot 431

    A wood inlaid ruyi sceptre

    19TH CENTURY

    Price realised

    EUR 1,440

    Estimate

    EUR 1,200 - EUR 1,500

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    A wood inlaid ruyi sceptre
    19th century
    The arched shaft carved with a separate ruyi-head, an integrated oval central section terminating at the end with a shaped finial, all inlaid with bone and resist-lacquered in black with branches of peach, finger citrus and pomegranate
    38 cm. long

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