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PROPERTY FROM AN ASIAN COLLECTION
3044
AN INSCRIBED BOXWOOD RUYI

QING DYNASTY, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
The smooth wood is well carved as a gnarled lingzhi stem with a large lingzhi head at
one end and smaller heads sprouting from the sides. The reverse is incised with a poetic
inscription by the Tang dynasty poet Li Shangyin, followed by a signature and seal.
13Æ in. (34.9 cm.) long, Japanese wood box
HK$100,000-150,000 US$13,000-19,000

PROVENANCE
The Zuiun Collection, sold at Bonhams New York, 15 March 2017, lot 5008

清十七 / 十八世紀 黃楊木靈芝式「龍池」詩文如意
款識： 龍池賜酒敞雲屏，羯鼓聲高眾樂停。
夜半宴歸宮漏永，薛王沉（醉）壽王醒。
棲垣道者作于讀畫之。
來源
Zuiun 珍藏，紐約邦瀚斯，2017 年 3 月 15 日，拍品 5008 號
亞洲私人珍藏

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