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THREE WHITE JADE PLAQUES FOR RUYI SCEPTER, QING DYNASTY
White jade with a slight pale celadon tint, few natural inclusions, excellent surface polish.
Silver mountings.
China, Qing Dynasty

These three silver-mounted jade plaques were originally the inlays of a wooden Ruyi sceptre.
The sceptre head plaque shows an undulated shape and is carved with the scenery of two
scholars and a pupil in a mountainous landscape. The central plaque bears the portrayal of
Shoulao underneath a pine tree and finally the bottom plaque is adorned with the vivid portrayal
of a horse in flight. The color graduation of the plaques is getting lighter from top to bottom,
the head piece showing a visible pale celadon tint whereas the horse plaque is pure white.

Ruyi scepters, by definition, are propitious objects favored for their shape, which represents
the expression ‘as you wish’ and for their similarity to lingzhi, the immortality fungus.

Shape: Undulated respectively ovoid shapes
Dimensions: 14 x 12 cm (largest plaque), 11 x 6,5 cm (middle plaque), 6,5 x 7 cm (smallest
plaque)
Condition: Very good condition and fine hand patina
Provenance: Old Austrian Private collection, assembled in the 1930s to early 1950s

Literature comparison: for two examples of Ruyi scepters with white jade plaques see
Sotheby’s, FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, 08 APRIL 2010, HONG KONG,
lot 1887 or Sotheby’s, FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, 10 NOVEMBER 2010,
LONDON, lot 308.

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⼊䉨烉㨊⚻⼊
⯢⮠烉↮⇍䇚14 x 12 cm 炻11 x 6,5 cm 冯6,5 x 7
⑩䚠㤝⤥炻⊭㻧䳘兑
⤏⛘⇑䥩Ṣ侩㓞啷炻ᶲᶾ䲨ᶱ⋩⸜ẋ军Ḽ⋩⸜ẋ⇅岤ℍ
㔯䌣⍫侫烉ℑẞ䘥䌱晽⤪シ㪲㛾ᶲ䘬䌱㜧⎗夳喯⭴㭼˪ᷕ⚳昞䒟冯ⶍ喅⑩˫炻2010⸜4㚰8㖍炻楁
㷗炻1887嘇㉵⑩冯喯⭴㭼˪ᷕ⚳昞䒟冯ⶍ喅⑩˫炻2010⸜11㚰10㖍炻ΐ㔎炻308嘇㉵⑩
Estimate EUR 2.000,-
Starting price EUR 1.000,-

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