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Scepter ("Ju-i")
(China )
Consists of three plaques at center and ends; largest has a dragon among cloud scrolls, at opposite end there is a kylin among cloud scrolls, in the center there is a phoenix and flying bird among flowers and rocks. Plaques are mounted in metal gilt elaborately carved with blossoming plums and Buddhist emblems. Silk tassel with silk-covered balls of jade and coral and a pendant carved as a bat. Silk-covered, paste-board base.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Chamot Sale, American Art Gallery, 1907; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1907, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
China (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 22 1/2 in.
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1907
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
42.299