A CHINESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE RUYI SCEPTRE

Lot 187
19.07.2022 11:00UTC +00:00
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£ 16 380
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Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 795375
Lot 187 | A CHINESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE RUYI SCEPTRE
Estimate value
£ 12 000 – 18 000
The ruyi-head terminal finely decorated in bright enamels with a pink and red bat below a blue swastika on a green ground, all within a a gilt border incised with a keyfret scroll, the shaft embellished with stylised archaistic scrolls and shou character roundels on a turquoise ground, the central section inset with an oval panel enclosing a flowering lotus stem, the reverse skillfully worked in gilt with bats in flight amongst swirling clouds and swastikas
163/8 in. (41.8 cm.) long
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