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PROPERTY FROM AN OLD ASIAN FAMILY COLLECTION 清十八至十九世紀 白玉牡丹壽桃紋如意
A WHITE JADE ‘PEACH AND PEONY’ RUYI
SCEPTRE 可比較一白玉壽桃紋如意例，題乾隆御詩，售於巴黎
QING DYNASTY, 18TH – 19TH CENTURY
蘇富比2017年6月22日，編號12。另有一青白玉例，
the ruyi-shaped terminal worked with a raised border 出自 Ann 及 Gordon Getty 伉儷舊藏，尺寸略大，如
enclosing peony sprays and a butterfly, the arched shaft 意頭及柄飾有相類福壽雙全紋，曾兩度售於紐約蘇
carved in high relief with a gnarled branch issuing peaches,
the shaft edge pierced with apertures to thread a tassel, the 富比，分別於2001年9月19日，編號70 及2018年3月21
smoothly polished stone of an even white colour 日，編號646。
32.5 cm, 12¾ in.
HK$ 300,000-400,000
US$ 38,300-51,000

Compare a white jade ruyi, similarly carved with a fruiting
peach branch and inscribed with a Qianlong poem, sold in
our Paris rooms, 22nd June 2017, lot 12. See also a slightly
longer celadon jade example with a peach tree and a prunus
branch, sold twice in our New York rooms, 19th September
2001, lot 70, and again, from the collection of Ann and
Gordon Getty, 21st March 2018, lot 646.

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