$55,000
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
Auction: March 12, 2019 10:00:00 AM EDT
The head carved with "rice grains" and descending bat with "Wan", the shaft similarly carved and with cloud scrolls and bats, cleverly incorporating fissures to the stone.
L: 14 1/2 in., 36.8cmProvenance: Francis Edward Searles (1841-1920)
Thence by descent to the present owner