AN UNUSUAL LARGE CORAL, JADE AND HARDSTONE GILT-METAL-MOUNTED RUYI SCEPTRE
18TH/19TH CENTURY
The shaft formed by a large coral branch carved to imitate a leafy pomegranate branch on which two bats have alighted, applied with gilt-metal sprigs of peach, pomegranate and leaves, the head inset with a white jade plaque applied with a fruiting peach branch in various hardstones sprouting from lapis lazuli rocks, chips--21 in. (53.4cm.) long, box
AN UNUSUAL LARGE CORAL, JADE AND HARDSTONE GILT-METAL-MOUNTED RUYI SCEPTRE
18TH/19TH CENTURY
The shaft formed by a large coral branch carved to imitate a leafy pomegranate branch on which two bats have alighted, applied with gilt-metal sprigs of peach, pomegranate and leaves, the head inset with a white jade plaque applied with a fruiting peach branch in various hardstones sprouting from lapis lazuli rocks, chips--21 in. (53.4cm.) long, box
