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QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
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AN INSCRIBED BOXWOOD RUYI SCEPTRE
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The head of the sceptre is naturalistically carved in the form of a large lingzhi, with the shaft shaped as a gnarled branch bearing thinner branches and smaller lingzhi heads of various sizes. The shaft is incised with exerpts of Li Bai’s Preface for a Spring Evening Banquet with Cousins in a Peach Bloom Garden and other auspicious phrases, with an incised signature of Li Rushan and seal on the back of the head.
15 1/4 in (38.6 cm.) long, box
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The head of the sceptre is naturalistically carved in the form of a large lingzhi, with the shaft shaped as a gnarled branch bearing thinner branches and smaller lingzhi heads of various sizes. The shaft is incised with exerpts of Li Bai’s Preface for a Spring Evening Banquet with Cousins in a Peach Bloom Garden and other auspicious phrases, with an incised signature of Li Rushan and seal on the back of the head.
15 1/4 in (38.6 cm.) long, box
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