This luxurious fly whisk handle is fashioned out of two pieces of light green nephrite jade. The top section is the mouth of the handle into which the now-missing whisk is secured. It is hollowed out and shaped like a flared lotus or tulip blossom. The juncture to the handgrip is just above the encircling collar, called a necklace, made of synthetic rubies set in gold. A metal tang connects the two parts. The terminal of the handle is in the form of a lotus bud. The overall shape of the handle replicates the constructed parts used for making metal, wooden, and ivory fly whisk handles. The decoration of the upper section of the handle consists of synthetic rubies set in gold chevrons, simplified floral motifs, and a scrolling vine around the bead molding above the juncture. In contrast, the chevrons on the lower section are made of gilded copper, which has been effaced from handling. The synthetic rubies, termed boules, are single crystal ingots made by the Verneuil process of flame fusion invented in 1877. The technique generally involves melting corundum powder over a kindling flame. The melted droplets crystallize into a cylinder or a pear-shaped imitation ruby or sapphire. The honorific fly whisk is an ancient pan-Asian accouterment of both earthly and divine sovereignty. When the handle is short and stout, like the present example, it is called a morchal if it originally held peacock feathers used as a fan. Whisks with a longer thin handle are generally known as a chowri.