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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A WHITE JADE RUYI
Details
A WHITE JADE RUYI
QING DYNASTY, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The ruyi head is finely carved in shallow relief on the top with a large bat with wings outspread above a central Shou character flanked by a pair of archaistic phoenix with angular scroll bodies, the arched handle carved with clusters of the 'Three Abundances', finger citrus, peach and pomegranate, the semi-translucent stone of an even white tone with a slight bluish tinge
13 3/4 in. (35 cm.) long, stand, Japanese presentation box
QING DYNASTY, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The ruyi head is finely carved in shallow relief on the top with a large bat with wings outspread above a central Shou character flanked by a pair of archaistic phoenix with angular scroll bodies, the arched handle carved with clusters of the 'Three Abundances', finger citrus, peach and pomegranate, the semi-translucent stone of an even white tone with a slight bluish tinge
13 3/4 in. (35 cm.) long, stand, Japanese presentation box
Provenance
Property of the Nabeshima Family, presented by the House of an Imperial Prince, 3 November, Taisho 10th, 1921 (as inscribed on the presentation box).