A RARE RUBY-GROUND CANTON ENAMEL 'SANDUO' RUYI SCEPTRE QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY cast with an elongated curved shaft with angular gilt edges, the centre with a protruding mid-section, between a convex ruyi head with a pointed tip and a terminal modelled in the form of a stylised ruyi bloom, densely decorated all over on the front and reverse of both the shaft and ruyi head with various floral blooms borne on leafy scrolls and interspersed with fruiting sanduo sprays and accentuated with scrolling blue borders, the end further decorated with an outstretched bat, the thin sides adorned with a floral border, all picked out in bright enamels against a rich ruby-red ground speckled in black, the end with a small loop 54.3 cm, 21 3/8 in.
A RARE RUBY-GROUND CANTON ENAMEL 'SANDUO' RUYI SCEPTRE QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY cast with an elongated curved shaft with angular gilt edges, the centre with a protruding mid-section, between a convex ruyi head with a pointed tip and a terminal modelled in the form of a stylised ruyi bloom, densely decorated all over on the front and reverse of both the shaft and ruyi head with various floral blooms borne on leafy scrolls and interspersed with fruiting sanduo sprays and accentuated with scrolling blue borders, the end further decorated with an outstretched bat, the thin sides adorned with a floral border, all picked out in bright enamels against a rich ruby-red ground speckled in black, the end with a small loop 54.3 cm, 21 3/8 in.
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