A White Jade Ruyi Sceptre, Qing Dynasty (Private English Collection)carved in the form of a lotus plant, the head of the ruyi depicted a lotus leaf with folded edge and overlapped with a lotus flower, veins of the leaf finely incised on the ruyi head, the raised handle of ruyi meticulously carved to resemble the stalks of a lotus plant with impressively hollowed out areas, the handle decorated by smaller leaves and butterflies, the underside of the ruyi similarly carved in high details, the stone of even white tone with patches of gold skin present prominently on the head of the sceptreProvenance: Private English Collection20.5cm long