ruyi scepter

A pale céladon jade ruyi scepter, China. Photo Florence Number Nine This magnificant white jade scepter is finely carved as a stem of lingzhi, the fungus of immortality in daoist doctrine. 36 cm. Estimate: €15,000 - €20,000 A very similar scepter is illustrated in the Guwan Tu (“Pictures of Ancient Playthings”) In the Victorian & Albert museum of London (S. Mccausland, in China. The Three Emperors. 1662-1795, exhibition catalogue edited by E.S. Rawski and J.Raawson, London 2005, nn. 168-169), A... [Lire la suite]

A very fine carved white jade ruyi scepter, China, 18th century. Photo Nagel Auktionen The ruyi head is well carved in relief with a bat above two ribbon-tailed cash with bats, with further lingzhi branches carved in high relief atop the arched shaft and an orchid above rocks in very light greenish-white jade - Few tiny chips, the shaft with old glued break. L. 40,6 cm. Estimate 30 000 - 50 000 € Property from an old European private collection, bought in the 1920 to 1930 with Kleykamp in The Hague  ... [Lire la suite]

A Chinese boxwood ruyi scepter © Maynards.  11 1/2 in. (29 cm) - Slight natural crack - Estimate $ 500-600. Unsold Maynards. March 12 – 13. International & Asian Art Auction - http://auctions.maynardsfineart.com

A Fine White Jade Axe-Form Pendant, 18th-19th Century. Estimate: USD10,000-15,000. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2013. NEW YORK, NY.- On March 21, Christie’s will offer over 100 superb works from A Collecting Legacy: Fine Chinese Jade Carvings and Works of Art from the Lizzadro Collection. Joseph Lizzadro (1898–1972) was Italian by birth, who emigrated with his father to the United States in the early 1900s. Following his move to Illinois, Lizzadro worked his way up from a laborer at the Meade Electric Company, and eventually was... [Lire la suite]

A well-carved white jade ruyi scepter, Qianlong-Jiaqing period, 1736-1820. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2013 The ruyi head is carved in low relief with the character fu (fortune) surrounded by fruiting and flowering double-gourd vine repeated above a ribbon-tied wan emblem in a panel on the top of the arched handle, which is pierced through the faceted tip for a silk cord. The well-polished stone is of even, very pale greenish-white color. 15 3/8 in. (39 cm.) long. Estimate $200,000 - $300,000 ... [Lire la suite]

A Rare and Important 18th Century Chinese Imperial Zitan Armchair. Estimate: $150-250,000. Photo iGavel auction NEW YORK, NY.- iGavel's online Fall auction of important Asian, Ancient & Ethnographic works of art will go live on Tuesday, October 9 through Wednesday, October 24, it was announced by Lark Mason, founder and president of the Harlem-based auction house, at 227 East 120th Street. Over 500 lots drawn from a cross-section of periods and disciplines, from antiquities through the 20th century, will be offered.  ... [Lire la suite]

A large white jade ruyi scepter. Qing dynasty, 18th century. Photo Sotheby's the ruyi-shaped head finely carved with a stylized shou character surrounded by leafy vines bearing flowers and double-gourds, the middle and end of the curved flattened stem similarly decorated with double-gourds on leafy vines, the triangular tip of the stem further enhanced with a bat and pierced with a bull-nose perforation to hold a tassel, the stone of very pale greenish-white with some opaque white inclusions; with qin-shaped wood stand, wood and... [Lire la suite]