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(US$15,000-23,000)
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A FINELY CARVED CELADON JADE RUYI
18TH CENTURY
The ruyi head exceptionally well carved in relief with a landscape scene of Shoulao and his deer beneath a gnarled pine tree growing from a rocky terrain, with a bat in flight among swirling clouds, one side of the curved handle naturalistically carved with a fruiting and flowering peach branch, above a spray of narcissus growing beside lingzhi fungus, the backside of the handle incised with bats amidst swirling lingzhi-shaped clouds, the semi-translucent stone a mottled celadon colour with small areas of amber inclusions
16 in. (40.7 cm.) long
18TH CENTURY
The ruyi head exceptionally well carved in relief with a landscape scene of Shoulao and his deer beneath a gnarled pine tree growing from a rocky terrain, with a bat in flight among swirling clouds, one side of the curved handle naturalistically carved with a fruiting and flowering peach branch, above a spray of narcissus growing beside lingzhi fungus, the backside of the handle incised with bats amidst swirling lingzhi-shaped clouds, the semi-translucent stone a mottled celadon colour with small areas of amber inclusions
16 in. (40.7 cm.) long
(US$15,000-23,000)