Ruyi (sceptre)
Location: China
Dating: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911): Qianlong period (1736 - 1795), second half of the 18th century
Material / Technique: Jade, silk
Collection / Inventory: Museum of Civilizations, Rome. INV. No.143440
Provenance: China. Enrico Hillyer Giglioli Collection (1913), received as a gift from Lionel Walter Rothschild (1903).
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