A CHINESE IMPERIAL INSCRIBED THREE-PART RUYI-SHAPED CINNABAR INKSTICK

KANGXI YICHOU YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1685 AND OF THE PERIOD

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A CHINESE IMPERIAL INSCRIBED THREE-PART RUYI-SHAPED CINNABAR INKSTICK
KANGXI YICHOU YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1685 AND OF THE PERIOD
Moulded into three sections and fitted together to form a ruyi with scallop-rimmed terminal finely and delicately carved with a pair of dragons on each side of the central gilt characters yu ci, the shaft with a phoenix, rockwork and peony, the octagonal mid-section with a spotted deer below a monkey, above a full-faced ascending dragon, the reverse side of the shaft with inscriptions above a landscape scene at the terminal, the sides with precious objects, Buddhist lions and ruyi clouds
20 in. (51 cm.) long

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Sold Christie's Hong Kong, 1 November 2004, lot 956.

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The long inscription on the reverse reads: Songyuandu Huanxiang Taishou, an official title, and 'Kangxi (period) in the yichou year, moulded in the Xin'an Hall under supervision, according to the Yishui method'. The characters yu ci may be translated as 'bestowed by the Emperor'.

A similar ruyi form of black ink bearing the same cyclical date was sold Christie's Hong Kong, 22 March 1993, lot 537.