ruyi en bois et jade céladon pâle sculpté Chine, dynastie Ming (jade), dynastie Qing (ruyi), XVIII-XIXE siècle

le sceptre auspicieux serti avec des plaques de jade d'époque antérieure à décor d'un daim parmi des branches de pêches et d'oiseaux perchés dans des feuillages, entourées chacune d'une frise de grecques en filigrane de métal incrustée dans le bois

The piece is in good condition with the exception of a tiny nick to the extremity of one leaf to the plaque on the head and to the top of the central plaque; some natural white inclusions in the stone of the plaque on the head and russet inclusions to the plaque in the centre; a few tiny loss of silver wire inlay to small sections of the head and end. Please note that the jade plaques are of more pale celadon than the illustration would suggest in the catalogue.
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