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A ROOTWOOD RUYI SCEPTER Katie Jones, London.
19TH CENTURY
Compare with another natural rootwood ruyi
The scepter is formed from a length of scepter illustrated by G. Tsang and H. Moss
root wood, with the head comprised of in Arts from the Scholar’s Studio, Hong Kong,
a natural gnarl. 1986, p. 145, no. 116.
清十九世紀 木根雕如意
20æ in. (52.7 cm.) long

$3,000-5,000

1129
A ROOTWOOD TRIPOD VESSEL

18TH-19TH CENTURY

The vessel is carved from a piece of natural
burl root that rests on three natural feet, and
has two natural ‘lug’ handles.
4Ω in. (11.4 cm.) high
$3,000-5,000

PROVENANCE

Ralph M. Chait, New York.

The present vessel is highly unusual in that the
natural form of the burl closely resembles a tripod
censer with handles. Such a work seemingly
exemplifes the scholar’s ideal of form, echoing
nature and vice versa. A signifcantly more
worked example of a ‘natural-form’ tripod vessel
and cover in bamboo is illustrated in Bamboo &
Wood Carvings of China and the East, Spink and
Son Ltd., London, 1979, p. 55, no. 204.
清十八/十九世紀 木根雕三足器

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