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A LARGE BOXWOOD RUYI SCEPTRE
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The rich caramel-coloured wood is naturalistically carved as a gnarled
and twisting stem of lingzhi fungus, with several of the caps forming
the head at one end, one with a bat perched to one side, all above an
openwork-carved gnarled leafy branch bearing pomegranates leading
to a smaller lingzhi fungus at the base of the sceptre.
17 Ω in. (44.5 cm.) long
HK$150,000-250,000 US$20,000-32,000
PROVENANCE
Japanese private collection, formed during the Meiji-Taisho periods
(1868-1926)

清十八世紀 黃楊木石榴靈芝蝙蝠紋如意

來源
日本私人珍藏，建立於明治至大正時期

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