Lot Essay
A comparable cloisonné enamel ruyi, inset with jade plaques, from the Clague Collection is illustrated by C. Brown, Chinese Cloisonné, Phoenix Art Museum, 1980, p. 98, pl. 42.
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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A FURONG EMBELLISHED CLOISONNE ENAMEL RUYI
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A FURONG EMBELLISHED CLOISONNE ENAMEL RUYI
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The S-shaped handle enamelled in tones of white, yellow, lime-green, iron-red and blue against a turquoise ground to depict stylised lotus sprays and arabesque, inset on the gently arched mid-section with a soapstone, furong shi, plaque carved with peaches within a bracket-lobed cartouche, the terminus with similarly carved soapstone, the ruyi-head further decorated with two peaches growing from branches and a pair of bats in flight (minor enamel losses infilled)
18 3/8 in. (46.6 cm.) long, box
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The S-shaped handle enamelled in tones of white, yellow, lime-green, iron-red and blue against a turquoise ground to depict stylised lotus sprays and arabesque, inset on the gently arched mid-section with a soapstone, furong shi, plaque carved with peaches within a bracket-lobed cartouche, the terminus with similarly carved soapstone, the ruyi-head further decorated with two peaches growing from branches and a pair of bats in flight (minor enamel losses infilled)
18 3/8 in. (46.6 cm.) long, box