A CELADON JADE PLAQUE MOUNTED IN A RUYI SCEPTER
A CELADON JADE PLAQUE MOUNTED IN A RUYI SCEPTER
18th century
Of oval outline, deeply carved with a scene of a sage and attendant on a mountain path, walking between trees with swirling clouds above, the stone with some opaque white inclusions, inset into the head of a later zitan scepter with an elegantly curved shaft, terminating in a triangular tip with a bull-nose perforation.
The plaque 3 5/8in (9.2cm) wide
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A CELADON JADE PLAQUE MOUNTED IN A RUYI SCEPTER
18th century
Of oval outline, deeply carved with a scene of a sage and attendant on a mountain path, walking between trees with swirling clouds above, the stone with some opaque white inclusions, inset into the head of a later zitan scepter with an elegantly curved shaft, terminating in a triangular tip with a bull-nose perforation.
The plaque 3 5/8in (9.2cm) wide