Lot 311. A celadon jade ruyi scepter, Qing dynasty, 19th century;  317⁄8 in., 81 cm high; 18 1/4 in., 46.4 cm long. Estimate: 30,000-50,000 USD. Sold Price: 137,500 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's

the smooth, undulating shaft supporting a large ruyi-shaped head carved in relief with a bat suspending a beribboned lozenge above a shou character, two further bats swooping in to frame the auspicious character on either side, all within a raised border, at the opposite end of the shaft an openwork bat with pierced wings grasping the scepter in its mouth and paws, a loose ring carved under the bat for attaching a tassel, the stone of a whitish-green color flecked with opaque white inclusions

Provenance: Collection of Edward D. King (1884-1968), New York, and thence by descent. 

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 12 Sep 2018