A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL RUYI SCEPTRE WITH INSET JADE AND ROCK CRYSTAL PLAQUES THE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL, 18TH CENTURY, THE PLAQUES, 19TH CENTURY The upper and lower surfaces of the shaft are finely decorated with lotus and flower heads on green tendrils interlocking with blue archaistic scrolls. The sides of the sceptre are decorated with champlevé squared scrolls. The ruyi- shaped head is inset with a white jade plaque carved with a bat in flight above two peaches on a leafy branch, the central section is inset with an elongated rock crystal plaque carved with a cicada and a finger citron; and the smaller ruyi -head terminal is inset with a grey jade plaque carved with a bee and a pomegranate. 18 in. (45.5 cm.) long
A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL RUYI SCEPTRE WITH INSET JADE AND ROCK CRYSTAL PLAQUES THE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL, 18TH CENTURY, THE PLAQUES, 19TH CENTURY The upper and lower surfaces of the shaft are finely decorated with lotus and flower heads on green tendrils interlocking with blue archaistic scrolls. The sides of the sceptre are decorated with champlevé squared scrolls. The ruyi- shaped head is inset with a white jade plaque carved with a bat in flight above two peaches on a leafy branch, the central section is inset with an elongated rock crystal plaque carved with a cicada and a finger citron; and the smaller ruyi -head terminal is inset with a grey jade plaque carved with a bee and a pomegranate. 18 in. (45.5 cm.) long
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