A large jade ruyi scepterThe curving stave of thick convex section incised in raised-relief motifs of a shou character between lingzhi fungus, auspicious bats, and peaches, the thick head displaying similar motifs of smoke and bats fluttering amid smoke swirling around gnarled branches of peaches, the stone displaying a predominantly sea-foam green color streaked in cloudy inclusions and veins of russet; suspending a silk tassel knotted to enclose a cylindrical serpentine or similar hardstone disk centered by a separately carved rotating nodule.
19in (48.3cm) length of scepter exclusive of tassel