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The silver characters, fu shou ru yi, are a wish for happiness and
longevity.

Ruyi sceptres bearing the mark of Hu Wenming appear to be quite
rare. One with a somewhat naturalistic rendering of the ruyi head, a
twelve-character inscription inlaid in silver wire on the reverse, as well
as the gilded cartouche inscribed with the six-character mark, Yunjian
Hu Wenming zhi, is illustrated in Emperor, Scholar, Artisan, Monk,
Sydney L. Moss Ltd., London, 1984, pp. 272-3, no. 126. The author
notes that within the literati world ruyi sceptres were often presented
on one’s sixtieth birthday as a wish for longevity.

晚明 局部鎏金銅龍鳳花卉紋如意

款識：「福壽如意」錯銀款
「雲間胡文明製」

來源
香港佳士得，1989年1月16日，拍品301號
Sydney L. Moss Ltd., 倫敦
紐約佳士得，2007年3月22日，拍品169號

展覽
1992年至2006年借展於Los Angeles County Museum of Art，
展品編號L.92.3.1

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