LOT 497
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Lot 497
A FINE CHINESE CARVED WHITE JADE TURQUOISE AND GILT BRONZE RUYI SCEPTER, QING DYNASTY. The scrolled gilt bronze scepter carved with the “Eight Buddhist Symbols of Happy Augury” and inset with three white jade plaque ornaments deeply carved with foliate scrolls surrounded by inset turquoise cabochon beads. The verso scrolled foliates and auspicious florals on a stippled ground centered by an embossed four character apocryphal reign mark. Length 18 inches (45.7 cm).
Estimate:
$5,000 - 8,000
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