Lot 131
131
CLOISONNE ENAMEL
A CLOISONNE ENAMEL RUYI SCEPTRE

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A CLOISONNE ENAMEL RUYI SCEPTRE
LATE 17TH CENTURY

The top of the curved shaft inlaid with the characters, kao shou kang ning, interspersed with bats, foliate motifs and a wan emblem, above foam-licked rocks rising from waves on the ruyi-form tip, the ruyi head decorated with the wufu surrounding a yinyang symbol and the underside decorated with lotus scroll, minor chips--16 3/8 in. (41.7cm.) long

Lot Essay

The mark may be translated, 'health and tranquility in old age'

Compare the very similar sceptre illustrated by Garner, Chinese and Japanese Cloisonne Enamels, pl. 61 B and C, and another in the Pierre Uldry Collection, illustrated in Chinese Cloisonne, pl. 164