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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A RARE INSCRIBED BOXWOOD RUYI
QIANLONG CYCLICAL BINGWU YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1786 AND OF THE PERIOD
Details
A RARE INSCRIBED BOXWOOD RUYI
QIANLONG CYCLICAL BINGWU YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1786 AND OF THE PERIOD
The sceptre is finely carved in high relief and openwork to imitate an aged twisted lingzhi branch. The handle is incised with three poetic inscriptions, a cyclical bingwu year of the Qianlong period corresponding to 1786, and a signature and a seal both reading ‘Woshi shanren’.
14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm.) long, box
QIANLONG CYCLICAL BINGWU YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1786 AND OF THE PERIOD
The sceptre is finely carved in high relief and openwork to imitate an aged twisted lingzhi branch. The handle is incised with three poetic inscriptions, a cyclical bingwu year of the Qianlong period corresponding to 1786, and a signature and a seal both reading ‘Woshi shanren’.
14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm.) long, box
Provenance
Sydney L. Moss Ltd.
Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 28 November 2005, lot 1481
Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 28 November 2005, lot 1481
Literature
Escape from the Dusty World: Chinese Paintings and Literati Works of Art, Sydney L. Moss Ltd., London, 1999, p. 348-349, no. 105
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