清十九世紀初 翠玉雙鳳長壽如意

the slender curved shaft carved with a long recessed panel enclosing leafy branches of chrysanthemum issuing from rockwork, terminating in a lingzhi head carved in relief with two confronting stylised phoenix, the underside plain, the stone of pale celadon tone with light caramel inclusions, cloth-covered stand

This sceptre is in good condition, but there is one russet coloured flaw running part way through the shaft, approx. 8mm long.
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This piece is guaranteed jadeite by The Gem and Pearl Laboratory, London, certificate no. 11549.