Sale 18823
New York
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25 September 2020
Estimate
A FINELY CARVED THREE-COLOR LACQUER RUYI SCEPTER 18TH CENTURY The ruyi-shaped head is carved with Shoulao beside an attendant and a deer, the top of the shaft with shaped panels enclosing various blossoming branches, and the reverse with scroll borders and a knotted cord in the center, all on a wan-diaper ground. 15 in. (38.2 cm.) long, softwood box
Provenance
Spink & Son, London, December 1978.
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Exhibited
On loan: Minneapolis, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1 December 2002-1 December 2003.
Pre-Lot Text
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. ROBERT AND MRS. PATRICIA JACOBSEN, MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA