AN EXCEPTIONALLY FINE WHITE JADE RUYI

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AN EXCEPTIONALLY FINE WHITE JADE RUYI
QIANLONG

The ruyi head is well carved with a bat in high relief, suspending from its mouth a musical stone embellished with wan hangings and a shou character, the scalloped rim with scrolling borders, the grip of the curved handle with a further shou character in a different script, framed by scrolls extending to the terminal of the handle decorated with a peach spray, the stone of an even white tone
15 in. (38.1 cm.) long, box

Lot Essay

A very similarly carved ruyi illustrated by R. Kleiner, Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, no. 160.

(US$130,000-190,000)

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