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A RARE QIANGJIN AND TIANQI LACQUER RUYI
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The ruyi is finely decorated with qiangjin and tianqi techniques
reserved on a rich red ground. The terminal head is decorated with
a phoenix flying among stylised clouds. The shaft is decorated with
panels of flowers divided by bats in flight amidst clouds, all picked
out in black, brown and green within gold-filled incised lines and
set against wan diaper grounds. The tip of the shaft is incised with
an apocryphal Jiajing six-character mark.
16 º in. (41.3 cm.) long
HK$120,000-180,000 US$16,000-23,000
It is rare to find phoenix decoration on this type of ruyi. Compare to
three very similar ruyi of almost the same size with dragon decoration
on the terminal head, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 May 2012, lot
4231 and 10 November 2011, lots 3063 and 3064.

清康熙 戧金填漆鳳凰于飛紋如意

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