24 mars 2020
A fine white jade 'birthday' ruyi, Qianlong period (1736-1795)
Lot 3562. A fine white jade 'birthday' ruyi, Qianlong period (1736-1795); 15 3/8 in. (39 cm.) long. Estimate HKD 1,500,000 - HKD 2,000,000. Price Realized HKD 6,020,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2011.
The upper surface of the gently arched shaft carved in low relief with flowering narcissus growing beside lingzhi above the shaped terminal with a bat in flight and a pair of beribboned cash coins, the ruyi-shaped head with a further bat descending above sprigs bearing two ripe peach, lingzhi and bamboo.
Provenance: An important Chinese family, acquired in the 1890s, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Christie's. The Imperial Sale, Hong Kong, 1 June 2011
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