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AN INSCRIBED BOXWOOD RUYI SCEPTRE
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The head of the sceptre is naturalistically carved in the form of a large lingzhi, with
the shaft shaped as a gnarled branch bearing thinner branches and smaller lingzhi heads
of various sizes. The shaft is incised with exerpts of Li Bai’s Preface for a Spring Evening
Banquet with Cousins in a Peach Bloom Garden and other auspicious phrases, with an incised
signature of Li Rushan and seal on the back of the head.
15 º in (38.6 cm.) long, box
HK$100,000-120,000 US$13,000-15,000
清十八世紀 李如山造黃楊木隨形靈芝如意
如意隨形而雕，首部背面楷書刻「福建李如山造」銘並「如山」印章紋，表明此類如意應為清代
福建地區所製，於研究福建地區清代工藝雕刻提供珍貴實物資料。如意造型奇趣，柄部隨形刻李
白《夜宴桃李園序》文字並金石長壽等吉語，為清代祝壽之禮器。
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