DAOGUANG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850)

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A GILT-DECORATED WRIST REST
DAOGUANG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850)
The rest is of semi-circular arched shape, delicately carved to the flat side depicting an elaborate undersea palace scene comprised of pavilions, residences, trees and jagged rocks amid breaking waves, surmounted by a long rectangular column with four impressed characters dinghai shenzhen 'needle which calms the sea', behind a five-clawed dragon in profile detailed with horns, fangs, whiskers and scales in persuit of a 'flaming pearl'. The rounded reverse is impressed with a Daoguang mark within a square.
10 1/4 in. (26.1 cm.) long, box

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A Japanese private collection

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The inscription and scene are taken from the novel, Journey to the West, in which the Monkey King obtains the Golden-banded staff, ruyi jingu bang by travelling to the bottom of the sea to retrieve a huge pillar known as the 'sea settling needle' from Ao Guang, the Dragon King of the Eastern Seas by reducing it in size and striking fear into the creatures of the ocean.