A rare silver-inlaid bronze ruyi
Inlaid Qianlong six-character mark and of the period
The sceptre of elongated convex form terminating in a lobed ruyi head, the handle finely inlaid in silver wire on both sides with a central cartouche enclosing a shou character within a sectional wan-diaper ground and a stylised archaistic dragon, all divided by interlocked lappets, the ruyi head with a central medallion enclosing a lappet flanked by linghzi fungus encircled by sectional wan diaper ground, the seal mark inlaid on the reverse.
39cm (15⅜in) long
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