A white jade, carnelian and gilt-bronze massager Qing dynasty, Qianlong period

the white stone with amber inclusions carved as a handle of baluster form, with a single band of formalised lappets around the shoulder, rising to a cylindrical neck surmounted by a gilt-bronze support and rod holding five loose carnelian 'wheels', each of eight-lobed form and variegated red and white colour, separated by gilt-bronze washers, with a tassle with two coral beads tied to a gilt-bronze knob attached to the handle on the opposite end

Christie's New York, 23rd September 1988, lot 124.
The Mary and George Bloch Collection.
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 23rd October 2005, lot 64.

A similar example from the Qing Court collection can be found in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Jade Ware (III), Hong Kong, 1995, pl. 192.  Another massager, also with a nephrite handle, is illustrated in Robert Kleiner, Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, Hong Kong, 1996, cat.no. 159.  Compare also one sold in our New York rooms 20th March 2007, lot 570.