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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. ROBERT AND MRS. PATRICIA JACOBSEN, MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA
A FINELY CARVED THREE-COLOR LACQUER RUYI SCEPTER
18TH CENTURY
Details
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
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.
Exhibited
On loan: Minneapolis, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1 December 2002-1 December 2003.
Brought to you by
Olivia Hamilton