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A BOXWOOD RUYI SCEPTER
19TH CENTURY
The scepter is carved as a gnarled branch of
lingzhi terminating in a large lingzhi head.
The wood is of attractive light tone.
15Ω in. (39.4 cm.) long
$10,000-15,000
PROVENANCE:
Wellington Wang Collection; Sotheby’s
New York, 19-20 March 2007, lot 651.
Property from the Lai Family Collection.
EXHIBITED:
Palm Universe - Ruyi Scepters from the
Wellington Wang Collection, National
History Museum, Taipei, 2004, no. 115
清十九世紀 黃楊木雕靈芝紋如意
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