Chinese Pale Celadon Jade Inset Cloisonné Enamel Ruyi Scepter , Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), curved body decorated with archaistic hooks and volutes and stylized flower heads, gilt edges with blue enameled key-frets, head, shaft and foot inset with reticulated jade plaques carved respectively with peony and leaf sprays beneath spread-wing bat, shou character flanked by bats, and pair of confronting bats, l. 17 1/8 in. Provenance: Property of the Mobile Museum of Art, sold to benefit their collections, care and acquisitions fund Exh.: Mobile Museum of Art, 2005-2013.