A WHITE JADE INLAID WOOD RUYI SCEPTRE QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

the polished wood sceptre inlaid with three oval jade plaques exquisitely carved in low relief with a playful lion and cub, a twin-fish handled vase with pomegrantes and a xi (double happiness) character,  a deer gazing towards the sky in a rocky landscape, the stone of even white tone

The overall condition is very good with white veining inherent to the stone visible and minor nicks to lower edge of the lion plaque, the back of the wood frame with a circular custom red wax seal and a rectangular sticker mark possibly removable with careful cleaning
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Compare sceptres depicting various scenes on the jade-mounted plaques; for an example carved with elephant designs, see one sold in our New York rooms, 19^th March 2007, lot 622; and two sceptres, but with inlaid silver shafts, one depicting a boy in a raft, sold in our New York rooms, 16^th September 2009, lot 263; and the other carved with the Eight Horses of Mu Wang, sold at Christie's New York, 3^rd December 1992, lot 98.