Sceptre ruyi en bois et jade blanc sculpté Chine, dynastie Qing, XIXE siècle

chacune des plaques à décor en bas relief d'une scène figurée, la tête sculptée d'un sage et un enfant sur un promontoire rocheux sous un grand pin, une pagode au loin, le centre d'une scène similaire, l'extrémité du manche d'un enfant portant un ruyi et s'amusant avec une chauve-souris 

Collection du lieutenant-colonel Louis Koch, décédé à la bataille de la Marne le 25 Septembre 1915, grand-père de l'actuel propriétaire.

The three plaques were detached at some stage and are now re-fixed to the ruyi with some chips showing the wood around the edges of each plaque ; the upper plaque has some hairline cracks / natural flaws / natural inclusions (the longest 11cm running accross the lower section ) ; natural line flaw to the central plaque ; the lower plaque is in good condition with the exception of a small chip to the reverse edge (5mm) ; the actual color of the jade is a fraction more white less greige pink that the illustration would suggest in the catalogue.
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