$135,000
Jade-inset Ruyi Scepter, China, of possibly zitan wood, the oval head separately made and attached to the handle with a connector neck, decorated with a jade plaque inset depicting two carved peaches and bats, the handle with a long rounded rectangular jade inset with an openwork phoenix in the middle and an oval jade one with an openwork chilong at the end, the scepter decorated with a Daoist landscape with various flowers and trees as well as lingzhi , all in deep relief, the head and end encircled with a band of floral and foliate scrolls in bas-relief, the underside with an engraved and gilt inscription written by Wang Jihua (1717-1776), a Qianlong-period official, ht. 18 in. Provenance: A private Palm Beach, Florida, estate.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2016-03-19