California Asian Art Auction California Asian Art Auction
 June 23, 2019  June 23, 2019

 Lot # 7043 
A WHITE JADE RELIEF CARVED 'FIGURES AND LANDSCAPE' RUYI SCEPTER    清中期 白玉浮雕山水人物如意


  • Dimension: Height: 2 1/4 in (5.7 cm) Length: 12 in (30.5 cm) Width: 3 7/8 in (9.8 cm)
  • Estimate From: $2500
  • Estimate To: $3800

The ruyi scepter is finely carved to the head depicting an elderly scholar chatting with a boy attendant under a pine tree, with lake and pavilion to the background; the shaft continously carved in relief to depict a similar scene of scholar seated within a rocky landscape with pines issuing from the cliffs. The stone is of well polished white tone. Mid-Qing Dynasty period.


Provenance: Property from a private collection, Toronto, Canada
此如意玉色潤白,質性肥瑩。桿執曲線弓形,紋飾浮雕山水人物圖。蒼松參天,山巒疊嶂,廟宇掩隱,河畔旁有老翁盤腿而坐。如意結頭圓潤寬大,沿邊起線,主飾與桿執主題呼應。形制規矩大氣,起線挺括端俊,刻工熟練老到,紋飾疏密有致,值得收藏。 來源: 加拿大多倫多私人藏家收藏