18TH/19TH CENTURY

All of the motifs and imagery carved on this ruyi scepter, as well as the scepter itself, are symbols of longevity, making the scepter an appropriate gift for a sixtieth birthday.
Compare a white jade ruyi scepter carved with a similar figural scene, shown in situ at the Forbidden City, Beijing, illustrated by Wan Yi, Wang Shuqing, and Lu Yanzhen in Daily Life in the Forbidden City, Hong Kong, 1985, fig. 174.