SCEPTRE RUYI EN LAQUE ROUGE ET NOIRE
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, EPOQUE QIANLONG (1736-1795)
The ruyi-shaped head is carved through the red and black layers with the Daoist immortal Zhang Guolao standing in a rocky landscape holding a cylindrical bamboo drum (Yugu). The shaped handle is incised with bamboo, lotus scrolls, antique vessels and a Buddhist lion, and a bat is depicted in the ruyi-shaped tip. There is key fret on the sides and diaper pattern on the reverse.
15 in. (38 cm.) long
SCEPTRE RUYI EN LAQUE ROUGE ET NOIRE
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, EPOQUE QIANLONG (1736-1795)
The ruyi-shaped head is carved through the red and black layers with the Daoist immortal Zhang Guolao standing in a rocky landscape holding a cylindrical bamboo drum (Yugu). The shaped handle is incised with bamboo, lotus scrolls, antique vessels and a Buddhist lion, and a bat is depicted in the ruyi-shaped tip. There is key fret on the sides and diaper pattern on the reverse.
15 in. (38 cm.) long