Scepter

Description Conservation Provenance Credit

Description This rui scepter is carved from a faintly green nephrite and is adorned with figures with an attached tassel of coral beads, a lotus blossom in gold and blue enamel and a jade ring.

Conservation

Beading repaired.

Beading repaired

Date	Description	Narrative
12/31/1969	Examination	Repaired.
12/31/1969	Treatment	Repaired

Provenance Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1907 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1907

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Creator

Chinese (Artist)

Period

18th-19th century

Medium

nephrite, coral, gilded silver, kingfisher feathers, glass, silk, and lead (?)
(Precious Stones & Gems)

Accession Number

42.272

Measurements

L: 14 in. (35.56 cm)

Geographies

China (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View