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Asian Art | October 30, 2024

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Offering items from two family collections acquired in China in the early 1900s. One from Dr. Stanley Burns, who worked in China to provide much-needed medical care to the local population. The other group from L. Nelson and Virginia Bell, who were missionaries in China from 1916 to 1941. Other Chinese and Japanese items from private collections include Qing Dynasty enamel porcelains, bronze and porcelain water droppers, a fine selection of snuff bottles, along with a group of jade figures, bronze Buddhas, furniture, and jewelry.
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Lot 638

Chinese Ruyi Scepter with Jade Plaques

Estimate: $600 - $900
Starting Bid
$300

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carved wood scepter, incised floral decoration with silver pigment, three inset carved whitish nephrite plaques, each with figural and landscape decoration, overall 22 x 5-3/4 in., largest plaque 4-3/8 x 5-1/2 in.

Provenance: Private Collection, Hickory, North Carolina

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Private Collection, Hickory, North Carolina

largest plaque with cracks and glue repairs, smallest plaque loose in holder, crack and repair to scepter on neck below largest plaque, some chipping and loss to wood borders on holders