KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

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A RARE QIANGJIN AND TIANQI LACQUER RUYI

KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The ruyi is finely decorated with qiangjin and tianqi techniques reserved on a rich red ground. The terminal head is decorated with a phoenix flying among stylised clouds. The shaft is decorated with panels of flowers divided by bats in flight amidst clouds, all picked out in black, brown and green within gold-filled incised lines and set against wan diaper grounds. The tip of the shaft is incised with an apocryphal Jiajing six-character mark.
16 1/4 in. (41.3 cm.) long

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Lot Essay

It is rare to find phoenix decoration on this type of ruyi. Compare to three very similar ruyi of almost the same size with dragon decoration on the terminal head, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 May 2012, lot 4231 and 10 November 2011, lots 3063 and 3064.

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