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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION
A CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER RUYI SCEPTRE
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Details
A CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER RUYI SCEPTRE
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The sceptre is finely carved in relief with the Eight Buddhist Emblems, bajixiang, amongst lotus blooms and scrolling foliage on a diaper ground and within keyfret borders to the sides. The reverse is similarly carved with a diaper ground.
16 ½ in. (42 cm.) long
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The sceptre is finely carved in relief with the Eight Buddhist Emblems, bajixiang, amongst lotus blooms and scrolling foliage on a diaper ground and within keyfret borders to the sides. The reverse is similarly carved with a diaper ground.
16 ½ in. (42 cm.) long
Provenance
With Guest & Gray, London, 31 March 1995.
Brought to you by
Kate Hunt
Director, Head of Department