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QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
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A LARGE BOXWOOD RUYI SCEPTRE
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The rich caramel-coloured wood is naturalistically carved as a gnarled and twisting stem of lingzhi fungus, with several of the caps forming the head at one end, one with a bat perched to one side, all above an openwork-carved gnarled leafy branch bearing pomegranates leading to a smaller lingzhi fungus at the base of the sceptre.
17 1/2 in. (44.5 cm.) long
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The rich caramel-coloured wood is naturalistically carved as a gnarled and twisting stem of lingzhi fungus, with several of the caps forming the head at one end, one with a bat perched to one side, all above an openwork-carved gnarled leafy branch bearing pomegranates leading to a smaller lingzhi fungus at the base of the sceptre.
17 1/2 in. (44.5 cm.) long
Provenance
Japanese private collection, formed during the Meiji-Taisho periods (1868-1926)
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Stephenie Tsoi