Lot 327. A large spinach jade ruyi sceptre, late Qing dynasty. Length 37 cm, 14½ in. Lot sold: 12,600 GBP (Estimate: 10,000 - 15,000 GBP). (C) 2021 Sotheby's

the gently curved shaft carved in medium relief with eight cranes in flight, each clasping one of the bajixiang in its beak and all amidst dense ruyi cloud scrolls above foaming waves and rocks, terminating in a large ruyi head carved with a full face dragon chasing a flaming pearl and all reserved on a dense ruyi cloud ground, the stone of bottle green tone with darker green and black inclusions.

Provenance: Jean Louis Picard Paris, 20th April 1994, lot 241.

Sotheby's. Two Americans in Paris, The Collection of Sam and Myrna Myers, London, 4 November 2021