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Ruyi scepter

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Ruyi scepter

Date: 18th century
Type: Ruyi scepter
Medium: Nephrite, white jade with fungus head of rust-colored tourmaline-rubellite from the Shan Mountain--a much-prized stone called by Chinese "ox-eye"
Department: Asian Art
Culture: China
Institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Object number: 02.18.685c
Credit: Gift of Heber R. Bishop, 1902

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