Glass-inlaid Gilt-bronze Ruyi Scepter

Description:

Glass-inlaid Gilt-bronze RuyiScepter, China, 20th century, typical form, one side entirely covered with glass inlays depicting clear blossoms on ruby-red ground, with a border of emerald-green stones along the edge, the lobed head originally set with a clock at the center, the underside cast with the four-character Qianlong mark and with incised decorations of auspicious flowers and fruit amidst scrolling foliage, hollow, lg. 18 1/2 in.
Estimate $3,000-4,000

missing clock and some inlays; surface wear; chips to the clock mount (possibly from when the clock was removed)


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