A spinach-green jade archaistic ruyi sceptre, Qing dynasty, 18th century

the long arched shaft carved in low relief with a pair of addorsed archaistic birds framed above and below by stylised C and S-scrolls, ruyi heads, pommel, ropetwist motif, animal masks and square scrolls, terminating in a ruyi head similarly decorated with archaistic scrolls, the translucent well-polished stone of an olive-green tone with darker veins and black mottling, wood stand.